NIST releases first certified reference material for single-wall carbon nanotubes
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the worlds first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in your fireplace or in a candle flame, nanotube-laden soot is the primary industrial source of single-wall carbon nanotubes, perhaps the archetype of all nanoscale materials. The new NIST material offers companies and researchers a badly needed source of uniform and well-characterized carbon nanotube soot for material comparisons, as well as chemical and toxicity analysis.