Catalyst and Chirality Dependent Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Determined Through Nano-Test Tube Chemistry
- Author(s)
- Hidetsugu Shiozawa, Christian Kramberger-Kaplan, Rudolf Pfeiffer, Hans Kuzmany, Thomas Pichler, Zheng Liu, Kazu Suenaga, Hiromichi Kataura, S.Ravi P. Silva
- Abstract
The interior of carbon nanotubes, provide a homogeneous, contaminant-free environment in which to perform nanoreactions, hence the term nano-test tubes. Here, routes for the controlled growth of carbon nanotubes with defined chiral indices are presented within the interior of single-walled carbon nanotubes upon the encapsulation of Pt and Fe catalysts, plus the carbon source in controlled proportions. Factors affecting the growth (e.g. temperature) are examined experimentally.
- Organisation(s)
- Electronic Properties of Materials
- External organisation(s)
- University of Surrey, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Volume
- 22
- Pages
- 3685-3689
- No. of pages
- 5
- ISSN
- 0935-9648
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201001211
- Publication date
- 2010
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103015 Condensed matter
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/catalyst-and-chirality-dependent-growth-of-carbon-nanotubes-determined-through-nanotest-tube-chemistry(c66c3e10-1d10-4ab4-9b53-fac79028f7d3).html