Active laser ablation has been used for the synthesis of NiCl2 nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles (see Figure). Spectroscopic measurements on the structures showed that the NiCl2 layers in the nanotubes were quite perfectly crystalline. The growth is thought to occur via a vapor–liquid–solid mechanism through which many different, surprising shapes have been obtained.
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Hacohen et al. (2002) studied this question.