Multiwalled as well as single-walled carbon nanotubes are conveniently prepared by the pyrolysis of organometallic precursors such as metallocenes and phthalocyanines in a reducing atmosphere. More importantly, pyrolysis of organometallics alone or in mixture with hydrocarbons yields aligned nanotube bundles with useful field emission and hydrogen storage properties. By pyrolysis of organometallics in the presence of thiophene, Y -junction nanotubes are obtained in large quantities. The Y -Junction tuues have a good potential in nanoelectronics. Carbon nanotubes prepared from organometallics are useful to prepare nanowires and nanotubes of other materials such as BN, GaN, SiC, and Sl3N4.
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Rao, C. N. R., & Govindaraj, A. (2008). Carbon nanotubes from organometallic precursors. In Trends In Chemistry Of Materials: Selected Research Papers Of C N R Rao (pp. 445–454). World Scientific Publishing Co. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812833846_0038
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