Tourette-Levens – Grotte du Merle

Identifiant de l'opération archéologique : 8227 Date de l'opération : 2007 (FP) Inventeur(s) : Desclaux Emmanuel (SUP) ; Valensi Patricia (SUP) ; Cauche Dominique (SUP) ; Hanquet Constance (SUP) ; Lecervoisier Bertrand (SUP) ; Moussous Abdelkader (SUP) ; Simon Patrick (MUS) ; Jourdain Lucien (MNHP) ; Carles Lionel (MNHM) La grotte du Merle est une petite cavité située sur la rive droite du Riou, petit affluent du Paillon, connue pour son intérêt préhistorique par les fouilles intensives de de..

Large-Diameter Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Formed Alongside Small-Diameter Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Samples containing a majority of either single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) or double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) are prepared in the same catalytic chemical vapor deposition conditions but using slightly different catalytic materials, based on alumina impregnated with iron and molybdenum salts. There is a sharp SWCNTs-to-DWCNTs transition. By contrast to the usual findings, the selectivity is not correlated to the size of the iron-based catalyst nanoparticles, nor does the transition occur upon a decreasing carbon/catalyst ratio. The result is attributed to the increasing MoO3 concentration inducing modifications of the gas atmosphere, such as the formation of more reactive C2 species through C2H4 dissociation, which thus favors the nucleation and growth of a DWCNT. In the DWCNT sample, the average diameter of the SWCNTs is higher than the average outer diameter of the DWCNTs, which is uncommon, as many authors stress that SWCNTs show a lower diameter than DWCNTs. The study could provide guidelines for the synthesis of very small diameter DWCNTs