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Giving catalysis the edge

Nature Nanotechnology volume 3, pages 708–709 (2008)Cite this article

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Effective catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes can be created by adding functional groups to carbon nanotubes.

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Figure 1: The oxidative dehydrogenation of butane over oxidized carbon nanotubes.

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