Nanoparticles Nanoparticles as Catalysts in Chemical Reactions

CNT cont’d• CNTs can make certain important chemical reactions more effective, more energy efficient, and safer.• "Carbon nanotubes were used as catalysts before, for instance in converting ethylbenzene into styrene, aprecursor to polystyrene, an important synthetic material" Dr. Dangsheng Su explains to Nanowerk.• "But butane is much less reactive than ethylbenzene and we were surprised how well it worked – the highselectivities we observed were unexpected."http://endomoribu.shinshu-u.ac.jp/research/cnt/images/cat_cnt.jpg