Storage of hydrogen in single-walled carbon nanotubes
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The notion that fullerene nanotubes can act as 'nano-containers,' which was affirmed by the finding that they can draw up liquids by nanocapillarity, was extended to the storage of hydrogen gas. It was found that hydrogen gas can condense to high density within the internal cavities of narrow, single-walled nanotubes. The relatively high hydrogen uptake indicates a potential for the application of such materials in hydrogen storage in fuel-cell electric vehicles.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls
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Carbon nanotubes of 1.2 nanometer diameter, one layer thick, can be formed by vaporizing carbon and cobalt in an arc generator at helium pressures in the 100-500 torr range. The result is a spider-web-like substance and rubbery soot. The soot contains fullerene particles, face-centered-cubic cobalt (indicating rapid quenching), and carbon tubules up to several micrometers long. The nanotubes are largely but not completely coated with fullerene.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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The first true inorganic fullerenes?
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MX(sub2) materials, where M is molybdenum or tungsten, and X is sulphur or selenium, can make fullerene-like structures, but there is no small preferred structure akin to C(sub60). Nano-octahdra of MoS(sub2) of discrete sizes have been found in soots, which were found to be larger than C(sub60) structures, possibly representing the first inorganic fullerenes.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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