Carbon nanohorns

1. Carbon Nanohorns

1. discovered in 1999 by S. Iijima tubules with cone caps

2. diameter 2-3 nm

3. average length 30-50 nm

4. aggregates ~80 nm in diameter (bud-like; dahlia-like)

2. Carbon Nanohorns -TEM images

arrows point to the dahlia-like carbon nanohorn aggregates

3. Adsorption of Gases on Carbon Nanohorns

Adsorption isotherm results can be found in the following article:

1. Krungleviciute, Vaiva; Calbi, Maria; Wagner, Jeff; Migone, Aldo; Yudasaka, Masako; Iijima, Sumio, "Probing the structure of carbon nanohorn aggregates by adsorbing gases of different size " J. Phys. Chem.C, 112, 5742-5746 (2008)

2. V. Krungleviciute, A. D. Migone, M. Pepka, “Characterization of single-walled carbon nanohorns using neon adsorption isotherms”, accepted for publication in Carbon.

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Last Updated November 30, 2008