Electron diffraction investigation of catalytic particles at the tips of carbon nanotubes
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Physics of the Solid State
- Vol. 44 (3), 473-474
- https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1462676
Abstract
Catalytic nickel particles at the tips of carbon nanotubes grown under different physicochemical conditions are experimentally studied by high-energy electron diffraction. The spacings of the crystal lattice are determined. It is demonstrated that the nanoparticles consist of a supersaturated solid solution of carbon in nickel with an abnormally high carbon content.Keywords
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