There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects.
There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects. When a small spherical like structured is fused on to their surface, they form a structure called a bud. These structures have recently been proposed as a possible material for space elevators and when unrolled they form the individual sheets of graphite. There are single and multi-walled varieties of these objects, sometimes referred to as buckytubes since they possess the same composition as buckminster fullerenes. For 10 points, name this allotrope of carbon with a cylindrical structure.
There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects.
carbon {nanotubes}