Synthesis of high purity single-walled carbon nanotubes in high yield

Junfeng Geng; Charanjeet Singh; Douglas S Shephard; Milo S P Shaffer; Brian F G Johnson; Alan H Windle

doi:10.1039/b207975p

Synthesis of high purity single-walled carbon nanotubes in high yield

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Nov 21:(22):2666-7. doi: 10.1039/b207975p.

Authors

Junfeng Geng¹, Charanjeet Singh, Douglas S Shephard, Milo S P Shaffer, Brian F G Johnson, Alan H Windle

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.

PMID: 12510289
DOI: 10.1039/b207975p

Abstract

A simple method for the synthesis of high purity single wall carbon nanotubes has been developed by using nickel formate as a precursor for the formation of nearly mono-dispersed nickel seed-nanoparticles as catalysts in the CVD growth process.