(November 19, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(November 19, 2015 at 3:22 pm)Quantum Wrote: I am a field theorist, so I know little about CNTs. But to my knowledge, no other chemicals are put in between CNT layers, at least none that remain there. Or are there? So what do you mean by "substance"?"Substance" may not be the precise word. I'm thinking of some kind of agent that , as I said, balances the attractionrepulsion needed to keep the walls stable. This may be a catalyst rather than something that remains a part of the nanotube.
Adjacent walls are probably subject to Van der Waals forces, but that is just the attraction..
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