Title :
Production of carbon nanotubes and nano-clusters by the J×B arc-jet discharge method
Author :
Mieno, Tetsu ; Matsumoto, Naoki ; Tomie, Takashi ; Inoue, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka, Japan
Abstract :
Efficient production of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and carbon nano-clusters has been developed by using the J×B arc jet method, where the Lorentz force of the magnetic field jets out gaseous carbon material to the J×B direction, and efficient production of SWNTs, endohedral metallo-fullerenense and carbon nano-capsules is obtained. To realize efficient mass-production of these clusters, a revolver-injection-type arc jet producer (RIT-AJP) has been successfully developed.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; fullerene compounds; gadolinium compounds; lanthanum compounds; mass production; nanofabrication; C; Gd-C82; JxB arc-jet discharge method; La-C82; Lorentz force; carbon nanocapsules; endohedral metallofullerenense; gaseous carbon material; magnetic field jets; mass production; revolver-injection-type arc jet producer; single-walled carbon nanoclusters; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Arc discharges; Carbon; Discharges (electric); Heating; Magnetic fields; Plasmas; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2198-3
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2012.6321909