Narrow (n,m)-Distribution of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown Using a Solid Supported Catalyst

SERGEI M. BACHILO; LEANDRO BALZANO; JOSE E. HERRERA; FRANCISCO POMPEO; DANIEL RESASCO; BRUCE WEISMAN

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Año: 2003 vol. 125 p. 11186 - 11187

0002-7863

Because the electronic and optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) depend sensitively on tube structure,a major goal in SWNT production is to control the distribution of nanotube diameters and chiralities in the product. For methods in which nanotubes are grown from gaseous precursors on metallic catalyst particles, the size distribution of the catalyst particles strongly influences the product composition.