Paper Title:

Preparation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Starch by Arc Discharge

Periodical Advanced Materials Research (Volume 454)
Main Theme Powder Technology & Application IV
Edited by Shujuan Dai
Pages 63-66
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.454.63
Citation Xia Yuan et al., 2012, Advanced Materials Research, 454, 63
Online since January, 2012
Authors Xia Yuan, Yu Liang An, Chen Zhang, Hong Chao Sui
Keywords Arc Discharge, Preparation, Starch, SWNTs
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Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been successfully prepared from starch by arc discharge technique. The SWNTs products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The growth mechanism of the SWNTs was discussed in terms of the starch. The results demonstrate that starch is one of the suitable precursor for making SWNTs by arc discharge method.