The role of carbon and metal in self-assembly of the iron-carbon system at various component ratios

The problem of self-assembly in a metal-carbon system under dynamic conditions (equilibrium and nonequilibrium) is considered using the iron-carbon system as an example. It is proved theoretically and experimentally that the ratio of the components of the system affects the possibility of carbon self-assembly with the formation of fractal iron structures and of metal self-assembly with the participation of polyhapto derivatives of iron and the formation of fullerene-like carbon structures. (C) 2004 MAIK "Nauka / Interperiodica".