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Catalyst-particle configurations: From nanowires to carbon nanotubes
Qian Zhang1, Stephen H Davis1, Peter W Voorhees2
1Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3125, USA.
Abstract:
Surface-energy minimization is used to study capillary effects that determine the stable configurations of (liquid or solid) particles atop tubes or wires. The results give allowable ranges for the volume (V_{c}) of the particles as a function of the inner and outer radii of the tubes, R_{I} and R_{o}, respectively. When R_{I}/R_{o}=0, the object is a nanowire. When R_{I}/R_{o}=1, it is a single-wall carbon nanotube. When 0
