Iron Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes (IMAGE)

Rice University

Iron Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes

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Iron impurities are easy to see in a bundle of carbon nanotubes viewed through a transmission electron microscope. Researchers at Rice University and the National University of Singapore are leading the charge to purify nanotubes for use in continuous, strong and conductive carbon nanotube fibers.

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Complex Flows of Complex Fluids/Rice University

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