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Carbon nanostructures:
fullerenes and carbon nanotubes
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Carbon Nanotubes
Introduction
Applications
Growth Techniques
Growth Mechanism
What is a Carbon Nanotube?
CNT is a tubular form of carbon with diameter as small as 1nm.
Length: few nm to microns.
Steps:
Dissociation of hydrocarbon.
Dissolution and saturation
of C atoms in metal nanoparticle.
Precipitation of Carbon.