Carbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals

In your class

Download a one-slide summary of this article for use in your classroom (MS Powerpoint or pdf).

Researchers have discovered that cheap chemicals commonly found around the kitchen can act as catalysts for the formation of carbon nanotubes. Sodium-containing compounds like baking soda, detergent and table salt all work.

The catalytic process allows carbon nanotubes to be grown at relatively low temperatures, when compared to conventional ways of making them. 

Read the full story in Chemistry World.