CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES
IN PULSED BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA

S. A. Zhdanok,a S. V. Gorbatov,a
A. A. Mikhailov,a F. V. Plevako,a
K. F. Plevako,a S. V. Shushkov,a
V. P. Savenko,b A. L. Belanovich,b
G. L. Shchukin,b and D. V. Sviridovb

UDC 669:53+620.22; 5333.9+621.357.8

It has been found that it is possible to activate the 
process of obtaining carbon nanotubes by vapor deposition due to the 
generation in the reaction zone of nonequilibrium plasma by the method 
of pulsed barrier discharge. It has been shown that depending on the 
catalytic substrate used (nickel wire, stainless steel, porous aluminum 
oxide with nickel deposited) in the pores, under the conditions of 
pulsed discharge both individual carbon nanotubes (straight or helical) 
and their ordered arrays can be obtained.

aA. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, 
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., 
Minsk, 220072; bBelarusian State University, 
14 Leningradskaya Str., Minsk, 220050. Translated from 
Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 80, No. 6, pp. 44-48, 
November-December, 2007. Original article submitted 
January 4, 2007.