Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials in Organic Solutions by an Electric Plasma Discharge in Ultrasonic Cavitation Field

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  • Nakamura Takashi
    Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Shibata Etsuro
    Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan

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  • 有機溶媒の超音波アーク放電による炭素微粒子の製造

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<p>A newly-developed method permits an electric plasma discharge to occur with relatively low electric power in insulating organic solutions due to the presence of an ultrasonic cavitation. A stable electric plasma could be generated in an ultrasonic cavitation field containing a thousand tiny activated bubbles, in which the electric conductivity could be improved due to formed radicals and free electrons, using copper electrodes and a titanium ultrasonic horn. This method allowed us to synthesize pyrolytic amorphous carbon nanoparticles smaller than about 30 nm in diameter from benzene liquid. In addition, we synthesized TiC nanoparticles about 50‒150 nm in size, and copper nanoparticles smaller than 10 nm, which were encapsulated in multilayered graphite cages. Finally, we used GC‒MS and MALDI-TOF-MS to observe and analyze the polymerized compounds and the degree of polymerization of the benzene liquid after the plasma treatment.</p>

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