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Nature Nanotechnology 2, 340 - 341 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.157

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Synthesis and processing

Carbon nanotubes: Sorting out left from right

Michael S. Strano1

  1. Michael S. Strano is in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. e-mail: strano@mit.edu


Single-walled carbon nanotubes with a helical twist have been separated into samples enriched in either the left- or right-handed forms. Many exciting experiments await these sorted nanotubes, but first we need to decide what to call them.

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