‘Buckypaper’ from coaxial nanotubes
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- 2 February 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 433 (7025) , 476
- https://doi.org/10.1038/433476a
Abstract
Double-walled carbon nanotubes are needed in a pure, highly crystalline form before features such as their electronic properties, thermal transport and mechanical behaviour can be investigated. Here we fabricate a paper-like material that consists of hexagonally packed bundles of clean, coaxial carbon nanotubes whose double walls vary little in diameter; it is prepared in high yields using chemical-vapour deposition with a conditioning catalyst and two-step purification. Our results will enable investigation of the physical properties of double-walled carbon nanotubes, which are predicted to be superior to those of both their single- and multiwalled relatives.Keywords
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