Question

Explain the structure of carbon nanotubes

Answer 1

in the order to visualize how nanotubes are built up ,we start with graphite which is not stable form of crystalline carbon . Graphite consist of layer of carbon atoms

Answer 2

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The structure of CNT consists of enrolled cylindrical graphitic sheet (called graphene) rolled up into a seamless cylinder with diameter of the order of a nanometer. It is understood that CNT is the material lying in between fullerenes and graphite as a quite new member of carbon allotropes (Tanaka et al., 1999)