Helping the carbon nanotube industry avoid mega-mistakes of the past

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These spaghetti-like structures are carbon nanotubes viewed under an electron microscope. The manufacture of these nanotubes can produce toxic byproducts researchers report. Credit: Photo by Anastasios John Hart
These spaghetti-like structures are carbon nanotubes viewed under an electron microscope. The manufacture of these nanotubes can produce toxic byproducts, researchers report. Credit: Photo by Anastasios John Hart

A new analysis of by-products discharged to the environment during production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) — expected to become the basis of multibillion-dollar industries in the 21st Century — has identified cancer-causing compounds, air pollutants, and other substances of concern, researchers reported here today at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.


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