1. A non-thermal plasma process for the gas phase synthesis of carbon nanoparticles
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Moreno-Couranjou, M., Monthioux, M., Gonzalez-Aguilar, J., and Fulcheri, L.
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NANOPARTICLES , *CARBON nanotubes , *PLASMA gases , *CARBON-black , *ELECTRIC discharges , *ATMOSPHERIC pressure , *SCANNING transmission electron microscopy , *X-ray diffraction - Abstract
Abstract: Plasma processes, mostly involving so-called “thermal” plasmas, have been exploited in many instances for the gas phase synthesis of carbon nanoparticles such as carbon black, fullerenes or carbon nanotubes. A non-thermal plasma process, based on low current–high voltage discharges, has been developed for the gas phase synthesis of carbon nanoparticles at atmospheric pressure. This process can produce a broad range of products such as furnace-type carbon blacks, acetylene-type carbon blacks, and nanoparticles with a peculiar morphology that we call “crumpled paper sheets”. The products were characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and BET measurements. Some correlations between the operating conditions and the characteristics of carbon nanostructures highlight temperature as a key parameter for controlling the growth, formation, and type of the nanoparticles obtained. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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