The results of studying the evolution of structural and morphological characteristics of carbon condensates in the process of their growth using a plasma - condensate accumulation system are presented. This system allows the technological process to be conducted at low (<0.1) relative supersaturations of condensing vapors. As was shown in electron-microscopy studies, weakly bound graphite-like amorphous structures are formed at the initial condensate-formation stage. The further growth of the condensate leads to the formation of a growth surface with dome-shaped protrusions on which nanoscale fibers subsequently nucleate. At the final stage of the condensate growth, new spheres arise on the fiber surfaces, thus leading to appreciable thickening and merging of fibers and formation of layers with a developed surface.
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