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Front Cover: Multi‐level composite nanostructures based on the arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and planar graphite layers (Phys. Status Solidi A 2/2011)
Author(s) -
Labunov Vladimir,
Shulitski Boris,
Prudnikava Alena,
Basaev Alexander
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201190003
Subject(s) - graphite , planar , carbon nanotube , materials science , nanostructure , composite number , nanotechnology , front cover , carbon fibers , cover (algebra) , composite material , computer science , mechanical engineering , computer graphics (images) , engineering
The image on the front cover refers to the article by Labunov et al. ( pp. 453–458 ). It shows an SEM image (background) and a scheme of the proposed growth mechanism of new composite nanostructures composed of two allotropic forms of carbon: the arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and planar graphite layers (PGL) located between the CNT arrays. These nanostructures have been entitled as “CNT‐PGL nanostacks”. As could be revealed by EDX analysis, carbon predominates both in the nanotube arrays and planar layers. The possible scenarios of the growth mechanism of these nanostructures have been proposed.