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Synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes in organic liquids

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A simple and novel method was developed for efficient synthesis of aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in methanol and ethanol under normal pressure. The CNTs’ alignment and structures were investigated using Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction spectroscopy. A unique kind of coupled CNT was synthesized in which one rotated to the left and one rotated to the right. Chains periodically bridged the coupled CNTs. The growth mechanism of the CNTs within organic liquid is proposed to be a catalytic process at the Fe film surface in a dynamic and thermal nonequilibrium condition in organic liquids.

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  1. Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), c/o National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan

    Yafei Zhang, Mikka N. Gamo & Toshihiro Ando

  2. Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoda, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan

    Mikka N. Gamo

  3. National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan

    Kiyoharu Nakagawa

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Zhang, Y., Gamo, M.N., Nakagawa, K. et al. Synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes in organic liquids. Journal of Materials Research 17, 2457–2464 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0358

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