Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in catalysis

Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

Sumio Iijima · Nature · 1991 · 42.5K citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Carbon-based Material +4

Single-shell carbon nanotubes of 1-nm diameter

Sumio Iijima, Toshinari Ichihashi · Nature · 1993 · 8.8K citations

Materials Science, One-dimensional Material, Nanoscale System +6

Exceptionally high Young's modulus observed for individual carbon nanotubes

M.M.J. Treacy, Thomas W. Ebbesen, J. M. Gibson · Nature · 1996 · 5.4K citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Carbon-based Material +6

Strength and Breaking Mechanism of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Under Tensile Load

Min-Feng Yu, O. Lourie, Mark J. Dyer et al. · Science · 2000 · 5.2K citations

Engineering, Breaking Mechanism, Mechanical Engineering +16

Cobalt-catalysed growth of carbon nanotubes with single-atomic-layer walls

Donald S. Bethune, Ching‐Hwa Kiang, Mattanjah S. de Vries et al. · Nature · 1993 · 4K citations

Engineering, Carbon-based Material, Nanomaterials +6