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J Am Chem Soc
; 127(45): 15698-9, 2005 Nov 16.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16277500
RESUMEN
Self-catalytic behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes is proposed and validated experimentally under the conditions in which metal catalysis was previously figured to work only. The self-catalysis could support the nanotube nucleation and radial and axial developing processes. This result should lead to a new and better understanding of the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes in a metal catalytic process.