A Review of Double-Walled and Triple-Walled Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Applications
applied sciences Review A Review of Double-Walled and Triple-Walled Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Applications Kazunori Fujisawa 1,2, Hee Jou Kim 3, Su Hyeon Go 3, Hiroyuki Muramatsu 1, Takuya Hayashi 1, Morinobu Endo 1, Thomas Ch. Hirschmann 4, Mildred S. Dresselhaus 5, Yoong Ahm Kim 3,* and Paulo T. Araujo 6,7,* 1 Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, Nagano 380-8553, Japan; fujisawa@endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp (K.F.); muramatsu@endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp (H.M.); hayashi@endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp (T.H.); endo@endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp (M.E.) 2 Department of Physics and Center for 2-Dimensional and Layered Materials, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA 3 School of Polymer Science and Engineering and Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Korea; hijoo3763@naver.com (H.J.K.); hp23332@naver.com (S.H.G.) 4 Attocube Systems AG, Königinstraße 11a, 80539 Munich, Germany; thirschm@physnet.uni-hamburg.de 5 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA; millie@mgm.mit.edu 6 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA 7 Center for Materials for Information Technology (MINT Center), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA * Correspondence: yak@jnu.ac.kr (Y.A.K.); paulo.t.araujo@ua.edu (P.T.A.); Tel.: +8261-5301-871 (Y.A.K.); +1205-3482-878 (P.T.A.); Fax: +8261-5301-779 (Y.A.K.); +1205-3485-051 (P.T.A.) Academic Editor: Seyed Sadeghi Received: 31 December 2015; Accepted: 9 March 2016; Published: 16 April 2016 Abstract: Double- and triple-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs and TWNTs) consist of coaxially-nested two and three single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).
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