The outer walls of both double- and triple-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) protect the innermost tubes from interacting with their environment. That is the key finding of a study by researchers in the US, Germany and Japan, who have made the first detailed examination of triple-walled CNTs using resonant Raman spectroscopy. The protection afforded by the outer layer allows the tiny tubes to be studied in more detail than ever before, which could be a boon to those using CNTs to create new technologies.
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