PROCESS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS AND SELECTIVE PREPARATION OF SINGLE-WALLED AND MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES

摘要

The present invention provides a process for the simultaneous and selective growth of single walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes using electric arc discharge technique. According to present development it is possible to synthesise and collect catalyst free carbon nanotubes from cathode deposit. A mechanism of cooling coil arrangement was designed and used inside the arc discharge chamber so as to be capable to grow sufficient amount of single walled carbon nanotubes in the form of webs surrounding the coil. The present invention offers a scalable way for producing both SWNTs and MWNTs in the single run.