Usually carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing only one hollow core are obtained from the catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons when hydrocarbon gases flow straight into the reaction tube. However, unusual carbon nanotubes with multiple hollow cores were observed when the gas-feed method was changed in an attempt to increase CNT production yield using a floating catalyst method. The fraction of multicored carbon nanotubes can be as high as 60%. The formation of such an unusual structure is ascribed to the introduction of pentagon and heptagon defects to the CNTs in the growth process, owing to the change of gas-feed method. This finding enriches the family of CNTs and could be helpful in understanding the CNT formation mechanism. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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chinese acad sci, inst met res, shenyang natl lab mat sci, shenyang 110016, peoples r china.;cheng, hm (reprint author), chinese acad sci, inst met res, shenyang natl lab mat sci, 72 wenhua rd, shenyang 110016, peoples r china
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