Controlled carbon nanotube growth with hydrocarbon nanobelt templates

Abstract

The attainment of structurally uniform single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) remains a significant challenge in carbon materials science. Recently in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Huang, Guo, Hu, and co-workers reported the synthesis of a series of [2n]collarene macrocycles and demonstrated their utility as rigid templates for the controlled growth of SWCNTs with predefined diameters via a chemical vapor deposition method.