METHOD OF PROCESSING CARBON NANOTUBE AND CARBON NANOTUBE PROCESSED THEREBY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To introduce a hole in the wall of a nanotube in a controlled manner. SOLUTION: A metal nitrate 10 is attached to a carbon nanotube 12. The metal nitrate-attached carbon nanotube is heated in a vacuum or an inert gas. Oxygen from the metal nitrate 10 oxidizes the carbon skeletal of the carbon nanotube 12, to introduce a hole into the nanotube. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT