Why nanotubes grow chiral

VI Artyukhov, ES Penev, BI Yakobson - Nature Communications, 2014 - nature.com
Carbon nanotubes hold enormous technological promise. It can only be harnessed if one
controls their chirality, the feature of the tubular carbon topology that governs all the …

Nanocomposite catalysts producing durable, super-black carbon nanotube systems: applications in solar thermal harvesting

NT Panagiotopoulos, EK Diamanti, LE Koutsokeras… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A novel two-step approach for preparing carbon nanotube (CNT) systems, exhibiting an
extraordinary combination of functional properties, is presented. It is based upon …

Growth Termination and Multiple Nucleation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Evidenced by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

L Zhang, M He, TW Hansen, J Kling, H Jiang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In order to controllably grow single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a better
understanding of the growth processes and how they are influenced by external parameters …

Synthesis and hydrodeoxygenation activity of carbon supported molybdenum carbide and oxycarbide catalysts

H Wang, S Liu, KJ Smith - Energy & Fuels, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbothermal hydrogen reduction (CHR) of ammonium heptamolybdate impregnated
activated charcoal (AC) yields a mixed Mo2C/MoO x C y catalyst. As the CHR temperature …

Chemical recycling of consumer-grade black plastic into electrically conductive carbon nanotubes

A Hedayati, CJ Barnett, G Swan, A Orbaek White - C, 2019 - mdpi.com
The global plastics crisis has recently focused scientists' attention on finding technical
solutions for the ever-increasing oversupply of plastic waste. Black plastic is one of the …

The development of a 'process map'for the growth of carbon nanomaterials from ferrocene by injection CVD

AW Orbaek, N Aggarwal, AR Barron - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferrocene was used as a catalyst in a hydrocarbon solution to carry out injection chemical
vapour deposition (CVD) growth of carbon nanomaterials in a horizontal tube furnace. The …

Uniform, dense arrays of vertically aligned, large-diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes

ZJ Han, K Ostrikov - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 - ACS Publications
Precisely controlled reactive chemical vapor synthesis of highly uniform, dense arrays of
vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using tailored trilayered …

Effect of Co-Mo catalyst preparation and CH4/H2 flow on carbon nanotube synthesis

EV Lobiak, VR Kuznetsova, E Flahaut… - Fullerenes …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Supported Co-Mo catalysts with a given ratio of metals were prepared from
polyoxomolybdate Mo12O28 (μ2-OH) 12 {Со (H2O) 3} 4 using impregnation and …

Nanotechnology for military applications

JJ Ramsden - Nanotechnology Perceptions, 2012 - nano-ntp.com
This paper examines some of the ways in which nanotechnology could be applied to
enhance military ordnance, especially explosive devices propelled through the air, which …

Carbon nanotube/carbon nanofiber growth from industrial by-product gases on low-and high-alloy steels

AV Gaikwad, TK Rout, D Van der Plas, RV Dennis… - Carbon, 2012 - Elsevier
The growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on sheet metal surfaces (including low-and high-
alloyed steel and Ni-plated steel) has been explored using a mixture of CO, CO2, and H2 as …