Carbon Nanotubes (IMAGE)

Rice University

Carbon Nanotubes

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Rice University scientists have decoded the unusual growth characteristic of carbon nanotubes that start out as one chirality but switch to another, resulting in nearly homogenous batches of single-walled nanotubes. The nanotubes grow via chemical vapor deposition with a carbon-tungsten alloy catalyst.

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Evgeni Penev/Rice University

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