The structure of near-spherical carbon nano-shells
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The empty, near-spherical, carbon nanoshells, frequently observed in preparations of carbon nanotubes, have been studied using nanodiffraction with electron probes of diameter 1 nm or less, formed in a scanning transmission electron microscope, and STEM imaging. For the larger nanoshells, it is shown that the shell walls are made up of flat regions composed of successive layers of well-ordered graphitic structure, about 5 or 10 nm thick and mutually rotated about their common c-axis direction.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Graphene research and applications · Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
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