Nanoparticles Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Chemical Reactions
Nanoparticles Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Chemical Reactions
Nanoparticles Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Chemical Reactions
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CNT’s (Carbon Nano Tubes) <strong>as</strong>• Researchers at the FritzHaber Institute of theMax Planck Society <strong>in</strong>Berl<strong>in</strong> have been work<strong>in</strong>gfor some time at metal-free catalysis us<strong>in</strong>gnanocarbons.• While their focus <strong>in</strong>itiallyh<strong>as</strong> been on ethylbenzene,an aromatic hydrocarbonthat plays an importantrole <strong>as</strong> an <strong>in</strong>termediate <strong>in</strong>the production of variouspl<strong>as</strong>tic materials, they nowhave, for the first time,used carbon nanotubes(CNTs) to activate butane.Catalysthttp://scitizen.com/cacheDirectory/HTMLcontributions/img/Artist%20vision%20of%20nanotube.gif