METHOD FOR PERFORATING MONOLAYERED CARBON NANOTUBE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for simply perforating a monolayered carbon nanotube, which is useful for developing a high performance material, a device material and the like, by using the monolayered carbon nanotube, and can perforate even on the wall of the tube. SOLUTION: The perforations of 1-2 nm in diameter are made in the monolayered carbon nanotube by keeping the carbon nanotube in a dry reactive gas at 200-600 degree C for 1 minute and more.