Formation of wedge-shaped carbon film by chemical vapor deposition method and observation using transmission electron microscopy

K. Kaneko; R. Nagayama; K. Inoke; W. J. Moon; Z. Horita; Y. Hayashi; T. Tokunaga

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.03.007

Formation of wedge-shaped carbon film by chemical vapor deposition method and observation using transmission electron microscopy

K. Kaneko, R. Nagayama, K. Inoke, W. J. Moon, Z. Horita, Y. Hayashi, T. Tokunaga

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Abstract

Unusual morphologies of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) fabricated by the microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method were confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. In particular, the presence and distribution of wedge-shaped carbon films, consisting of amorphous carbon and CNFs, were observed by three-dimensional electron tomography (3D-ET), and their growth mechanisms were modeled. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) revealed the presence of amorphous carbon on carbon nanofibers. Wedge-shaped carbon films are most likely caused by the bridging of individual CNFs by amorphous carbon from plasmarized carbon. The combination of 3D-ET and HRTEM clearly provides a successful strategy for determining 3D morphologies with characteristic sizes on the nanometer scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1205-1209
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scripta Materialia
Volume	52
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2005.03.007
Publication status	Published - Jun 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon nanofibers
Chemical vapor deposition
Electron tomography
Transmission electron microscope
Wedge-shaped nanofibers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys

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