Trends in the Production of Nanotubes from Carbon Precursors

A. G. Starovoyt* and L. G. Keush**Translated by Bernard Gilbert

National Metallurgical Academy, ul. Gagarina 4, Dnepropetrovsk, 49600 Ukraine

Correspondence to: e-mail: *a-starovoyt@mail.ru, **lina.keush@yandex.ua

Received 20 April, 2016

Abstract—The commonest methods of producing carbon nanotubes are analyzed, and the main types of carbon precursors employed in carbon nanostructures are reviewed. Parameters that affect the formation of carbon nanotubes in synthesis are identified.

Keywords: coal, graphite, plasma–arc method, carbon precursor, carbon nanotubes

DOI: 10.3103/S1068364X16060065