Novel Mechanochemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials by a High-Speed Ball-Milling

摘要

A novel mechanochemical approach to produce sophisticated carbon nanomaterials is reported. It is demonstrated that carbon nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes and carbon onions are synthesized by high-speed ball-milling of steel balls. It is considered that the gas-phase reaction takes place around the surface of steel balls under local high temperatures induced by the collision energy in ball-milling process, which results in phase separated unique carbon nanomaterials.