Most methods for making carbon nanotubes require further processing to separate tubes with different chirality. Now, seeding growth from an existing nanotube segment ties synthesis and selectivity into a single step.
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Ren, Z. Cloning carbon. Nature Nanotech 2, 17–18 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2006.192
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