title: The atomic configuration of graphene/vanadium carbide interfaces in vanadium carbide-encapsulating carbon nanocapsules.
abstract: Carbon nanocapsules (CNCs) encapsulating vanadium carbide (VC) nanocrystals with a NaCI structure were synthesized by a gas-evaporation method using arc-discharge heating. The CNCs were observed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The VC nanocrystals within the nanospaces of CNCs were truncated by low-index facets and were coated with several graphene layers, forming graphene/VC interfaces. The atomic configuration and interlayer spacings at the interfaces were found.
authors.forename: Gaku
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yazaki
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Tokushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kizuka
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053769:Nanocapsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D053769:Nanocapsules; D014639:Vanadium; D002244:Carbon; D006108:Graphite