Formation and atomic structure of a tetrahedral carbon onion

Ichihito Narita; Takeo Oku; Katsuaki Suganuma; Kenji Hiraga; Eiji Aoyagi

doi:10.1039/B102787P

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Ichihito Narita,^a Takeo Oku,^a Katsuaki Suganuma,^a Kenji Hiraga^b and Eiji Aoyagi^c

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^a Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
E-mail: narita12@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp

^b Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

^c High-Voltage Electron Microscope Laboratory, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

A carbon onion with a tetrahedral structure was produced by electron-beam irradiation of amorphous carbon, and structure models of C₈₄ and C₂₇₆ were optimized by molecular mechanics and semi-empirical molecular orbital calculation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B102787P
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 27 Mar 2001
Accepted: 14 May 2001
First published: 24 May 2001

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J. Mater. Chem., 2001,11, 1761-1762

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