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SWNT nucleation: Energetics of zipping—edge mechanism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
Abstract
A novel mechanism of SWNT nucleation is considered in oppose to an existing model. The latter model based on the formation of a hemispherical carbon bowl nucleus has no correct description within the thermodynamics and kinetics of the nucleation process. The new mechanism can explain the prevalent formation of [10,10] armchair nanotube on the base of the continuum graphene energetics.
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