STIR 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

STIR 1

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Rice University chemists discovered that stir bars covered in PTFE, also known as Teflon, react with chemicals in an unexpected way during the modification of nanotubes through Billups-Birch reduction. The bars that start out (and usually stay) white turn black in the solution and alter the results.

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Brandon Martin/Rice University

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