Why Carbon Nanotubes Grow

Despite three decades of intense research efforts, the most fundamental question “why do carbon nanotubes grow?” remains unanswered. In fact, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) should not grow since the encapsulation of a catalyst with graphitic carbon is energetically more favorable than CNT growth in every a...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-03, Vol.144 (12), p.5606-5613
Main Authors: Ding, Li Ping, McLean, Ben, Xu, Ziwei, Kong, Xiao, Hedman, Daniel, Qiu, Lu, Page, Alister J, Ding, Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adhesion
carbon nanotubes
Catalysis
catalysts
contact angle
encapsulation
energy
graphene
molecular dynamics
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Nanotubes, Carbon
theoretical models
van der Waals forces
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