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Nanocarbon production by arc discharge in water by Lange, H., Sioda, M., Huczko, A., Zhu, Y.Q., Kroto, H.W., Walton, D.R.M.

“…Carbon nanostructures (onions, nanotubes and encapsulates) were generated by arc discharge in water between pure and catalyst-doped graphite electrodes. These…”
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Pyrolytic production of aligned carbon nanotubes from homogeneously dispersed benzene-based aerosols by Mayne, M., Grobert, N., Terrones, M., Kamalakaran, R., Rühle, M., Kroto, H.W., Walton, D.R.M.

“…Aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (30–130 μm long, 10–200 nm outer diameter) have been prepared in high yield by pyrolysing homogeneously dispersed…”
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Controlled production of aligned-nanotube bundles by Walton, D. R. M, Terrones, M, Grobert, N, Olivares, J, Zhang, J. P, Terrones, H, Kordatos, K, Hsu, W. K, Hare, J. P, Townsend, P. D, Prassides, K, Cheetham, A. K, Kroto, H. W

“…Carbon nanotubes might be usefully employed in nanometre-scale engineering and electronics. Electrical conductivity measurements on the bulk material, on…”
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Enhanced magnetic coercivities in Fe nanowires by Grobert, N., Hsu, W. K., Zhu, Y. Q., Hare, J. P., Kroto, H. W., Walton, D. R. M., Terrones, M., Terrones, H., Redlich, Ph, Rühle, M., Escudero, R., Morales, F.

“…We describe a way of generating films (<2 mm2; <40 μm thick) of aligned Fe-filled carbon nanotubes. These Fe nanowires are usually composed of single Fe…”
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Selective Co-catalysed growth of novel MgO fishbone fractal nanostructures by Zhu, Y.Q, Hsu, W.K, Zhou, W.Z, Terrones, M, Kroto, H.W, Walton, D.R.M

“…Novel MgO fishbone- or fern-like nanostructures, and Al 2O 3 fibre networks, have been generated for the first time from an Al 2O 3 matrix containing MgO and…”
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Efficient route to large arrays of CNx nanofibers by pyrolysis of ferrocene/melamine mixtures by Terrones, M., Terrones, H., Grobert, N., Hsu, W. K., Zhu, Y. Q., Hare, J. P., Kroto, H. W., Walton, D. R. M., Kohler-Redlich, Ph, Rühle, M., Zhang, J. P., Cheetham, A. K.

“…We report a high-yield route to two-dimensional arrays (<400×400 μm2) of aligned C49Nx (x⩽1) nanofibers (<100 nm o.d.; <60 μm length), by pyrolyzing mixtures…”
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Condensed-phase nanotubes by Hsu, W. K, Hare, J. P, Terrones, M, Kroto, H. W, Walton, D. R. M, Harris, P. J. F

“…A simple carbon crucible, made by drilling a cylindrical hole (2.5 cm x 3 cm) in the centre of one face of a 5 x 5 x 5-cm cube of high-purity carbon, was…”
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The formation of quasi-icosahedral spiral shell carbon particles by Kroto, H. W, McKay, K

“…A simple, new, carbon nucleation scheme has been developed which results in quasi-single crystal particles of concentric, spiral-shell internal structure and…”
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C60: Buckminsterfullerene by Kroto, H. W, Allaf, A. W, Balm, S. P

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SiOx-coating of carbon nanotubes at room temperature by SEEGER, T, REDLICH, Ph, GROBERT, N, TERRONES, M, WALTON, D. R. M, KROTO, H. W, RÜHLE, M

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Carbon onions introduce new flavour to fullerene studies by Kroto, H. W

“…The notion that flat sheets of carbon hexagons are the most stable form of carbon is being questioned by the synthesis of giant nested shells of carbon that…”
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Field emission from nonaligned carbon nanotubes embedded in a polystyrene matrix by Poa, C. H., Silva, S. R. P., Watts, P. C. P., Hsu, W. K., Kroto, H. W., Walton, D. R. M.

“…Low threshold fields of 1.6 V/μm and 2.6 V/μm were obtained for field emission from multiwalled carbon nanotubes and boron-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes…”
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Camphor-based carbon nanotubes as an anode in lithium secondary batteries by Sharon, M., Hsu, W.K., Kroto, H.W., Walton, D.R.M., Kawahara, A., Ishihara, T., Takita, Y.

“…Camphor vapour is pyrolysed in the presence of Fe, Ni and Co powder under a dinitrogen atmosphere at different temperatures (750–1050 °C). While Fe and Ni…”
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Novel nanoscale architectures: coated nanotubes and other nanowires by Whitby, R. L. D., Hsu, W. K., Zhu, Y. Q., Kroto, H. W., Walton, D. R. M.

“…Research has demonstrated that the structure and properties of a nanoscale system are inextricably linked. The advent of nanoscale research in 1991 relied upon…”
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Production of WS2 Nanotubes by Zhu, Yan Qiu, Hsu, Wen Kuang, Grobert, Nicole, Chang, Bao He, Terrones, Mauricio, Terrones, Humberto, Kroto, Harold W, Walton, David R. M, Wei, Bing Qing

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Large infrared nonlinear optical response of C60 by BLAU, W. J, BYRNE, H. J, CARDIN, D. J, DENNIS, T. J, HARE, J. P, KROTO, H. W, TAYLOR, R, WALTON, D. R. M

“…C60 buckminsterfullerene exhibits a large ultrafast third-order nonlinear optical response. Degenerate four-wave-mixing measurements in C60-benzene solutions…”
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An Alternative Route to NbS2 Nanotubes by Zhu, Y. Q, Hsu, W. K, Kroto, H. W, Walton, D. R. M

“…Novel composite nanotubes, consisting of NbS2-sheathed carbon nanotubes (CNTs), have been generated successfully employing carbon nanotube template-promoted…”
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Formation of carbon nanofibers by Endo, M, Kroto, H. W

“…Recently 3-150 nm-diameter carbon fibers have been discovered which appear to grow spontaneously by deposition from C vapor. It is proposed that these…”
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Preparation and characterization of C60Br6 and C60Br8 by BIRKETT, P. R, HITCHCOCK, P. B, KROTO, H. W, TAYLOR, R, WALTON, D. R. M

“…BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE (C60) is much more reactive than was originally anticipated, because resonance structures that place double bonds in the pentagonal rings…”
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Titanium-Doped Molybdenum Disulfide Nanostructures by Hsu, W. K., Zhu, Y. Q., Yao, N., Firth, S., Clark, R. J. H., Kroto, H. W., Walton, D. R. M.

“…Ti‐doped MoS2 nanotubes are produced by pyrolyzing a H2S/N2 mixture over an oxidized Ti–Mo alloy powder at elevated temperatures. Partial substitution of Mo by…”
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