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Carbon nanostructures produced through ion irradiation

LOW ENERGY ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

Carbon nanostructures produced through ion irradiation

YU Li-Ping
WANG Zhen-Xia
ZHU Zhi-Yuan
ZHANG Hu-Yong
HAN Jia-Guang
ZHANG Wei
SUN Li-Tao
WANG Ting-Tai
MA Yu-Gang
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.14, No.2pp.107-114Published in print 01 May 2003
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Several nanostructures we produced by ion irradiation have been reviewed in this paper. By using ions to irradiate two ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene targets respectively, it was found that small fullerenes C20 and C26 were grown, adding two members to the fullerene family. Meanwhile, crystalline diamonds also have been produced by Ar+ ions irradiation of graphite. In the experiment of double ions Ni+ and Ar+ irradiation, nanoscale argon bubbles formed. On the other side, when multi-wall carbon nanotubes were irradiated by C+, many MWCNTs evolved to amorphous carbon nanowires and amorphous carbon nanotubes. And there are possible welding in the crossed nanotubes.

Ion irradiationNanotubeFullerenesNanocrystalline diamond
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