Abstract
Boron carbide crystals were encapsulated into multiwalled graphitic carbon clusters that were prepared from a boron-containing composite anode by utilizing arc-discharge. The encapsulants are compounds of the lightest element that has yet been encapsulated, and the first of the non-metallic. The encapsulated multiwalled clusters are predominantly observed in the soot, a location where rarely graphitic multiwalled structures have ever been found before. The known tendency of boron to catalyze graphitization can possibly explain this observation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-239 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
Volume | 234 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 3 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry