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The Mobility of Carbon Atoms in Graphitic Nanoparticles Studied by the Relaxation of Strain in Carbon Onions†

  1. Yanjie Gan2,
  2. Florian Banhart1,*

Article first published online: 22 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800574

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 24, pages 4751–4754, December 17, 2008

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Gan, Y. and Banhart, F. (2008), The Mobility of Carbon Atoms in Graphitic Nanoparticles Studied by the Relaxation of Strain in Carbon Onions. Adv. Mater., 20: 4751–4754. doi: 10.1002/adma.200800574

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg (France)

  2. 2

    Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Mainz Welderweg 11, 55099 Mainz (Germany)

*Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux UMR 7504, Université de Strasbourg 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg (France).

  1. †

    Funding from NEDO (04IT4), the Electron Microscopy Centre Mainz (EMZM), and the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors wish to thank A. Krasheninnikov for helpful discussions.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 22 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 18 JUN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 FEB 2008

Funded by

  • NEDO. Grant Number: (04IT4)
  • Electron Microscopy Centre Mainz (EMZM)
  • International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanoparticles;
  • graphite;
  • interstitials;
  • diffusion;
  • electron microscopy
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Carbon onions can be set in a state of heavy self-compression when irradiated with an electron beam. Annealing at high temperature relaxes the structure by an exchange of atoms between the shells. This gives us the possibility tostudy atom jumps quantitatively.

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