METHOD OF SELECTING STRUCTURE OF CARBON NANOTUBE THROUGH PHOTOIRRADIATION

摘要

A method of selectively obtaining a carbon nanotube of specified structure, comprising irradiating carbon nanotubes with rays of single wavelength so as to bring a carbon nanotube of specified electronic state to an excited state, oxidizing the carbon nanotube in excited state with the use of oxygen or an oxidizer and effecting combustion thereof into extinction so that a carbon nanotube with a structure different from that of the extinct carbon nanotube is selectively obtained.