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Growing Y-junction carbon nanotubes

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  • Jing Li

    (University of Toronto)

  • Chris Papadopoulos

    (University of Toronto)

  • Jimmy Xu

    (University of Toronto
    Brown University)

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The synthesis of connections between two or more different carbon nanotubes is an important step in the development of carbon nanotube-based electronic devices and circuits1,2,3,4. But this is difficult to achieve using conventional methods to grow carbon nanotubes5 because the straight tube structure cannot be controllably altered along its length. Various ideas for post-growth modifications have been suggested6, but these have been hard to implement and are prone to defects. Here we use nano-structured template channels to grow individual Y-junction carbon-nanotube heterostructures by the pyrolysis of acetylene with cobalt catalysis.

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  • Jing Li & Chris Papadopoulos & Jimmy Xu, 1999. "Growing Y-junction carbon nanotubes," Nature, Nature, vol. 402(6759), pages 253-254, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:402:y:1999:i:6759:d:10.1038_46214
    DOI: 10.1038/46214
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    1. Koki Ono & Toshiya Higomoto & Yugo Saito & Shun Uchino & Yusuke Nishida & Yoshiro Takahashi, 2021. "Observation of spin-space quantum transport induced by an atomic quantum point contact," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.

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