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The stability of single-wall carbon nanotubes under hydrothermal conditions (100 MPa pressure, from 30 min to 48 h in the temperature range from 200 to 800 °C) has been investigated. The resultant products were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The stability range of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) under hydrothermal conditions suggests that they, similar to fullerenes, can only survive mild and short-term treatment in high-temperature, high-pressure water. SWCNTs gradually transform into multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polyhedral graphitic nanoparticules. After 48 h at 750 °C only the Raman spectra characteristic of graphitic carbon were observed. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that after 800 °C and 48 h of treatment SWCNTs fully transformed into MWCNTs and polyhedral carbon nanoparticles.
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Swamy, S.S., Calderon-Moreno, J.M. & Yoshimura, M. Stability of single-wall carbon nanotubes under hydrothermal conditions. Journal of Materials Research 17, 734–737 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0106
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