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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2011, Article ID 346206, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2011/346206 Research Article Carbon Nanostructures Production by AC Arc Discharge Plasma Process at Atmospheric Pressure Shenqiang Zhao,1, 2, 3 Ruoyu Hong,2 Zhi Luo,2 Haifeng Lu,2 and Biao Yan1 1 College of Material Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China 2 Chemical Engineering and Material Science Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Soochow University, SIP, Suzhou 215123, China 3 Modern Experiment and Technology Center, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China Correspondence should be addressed to Ruoyu Hong, rhong@ and Biao Yan, yanbiao2002@ Received 6 July 2011; Accepted 22 August 2011 Academic Editor: Yanqiu Zhu Copyright © 2011 Shenqiang Zhao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Carbon nanostructures have received much attention for a wide range of applications. In this paper, we produced carbon nanostructures by decomposition of benzene using AC arc discharge plasma process at atmospheric pressure. Discharge was carried out at a voltage of 380 V, with a current of 6 A–20 A. The products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectra. The results show that the products on the inner wall of the reactor and the sand core are nanoparticles with 20–60 nm diameter, and the products on the electrode ends are nanoparticles, agglomerate carbon particl