Scientists find way for mass production of near-zigzag carbon nanotubes

Researchers report a method for submilligram-scale preparation of multiple single-chirality near-zigzag carbon nanotubes such as (9, 1), (9, 2), (10, 2) and (11, 1) nanotubes. This new technique breaks through the bottleneck of mass production of single-chirality near-zigzag single-wall carbon nanotubes, and provides a material basis for the disclosure of their properties and applications.