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Bimetallic Nickel–Iron Impurities within Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes Exhibit Redox Activity towards the Oxidation of Amino Acids
Author(s) -
Pumera Martin,
Iwai Hideo,
Miyahara Yuji
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900355
Subject(s) - bimetallic strip , carbon nanotube , nickel , redox , catalysis , electrochemistry , histidine , chemistry , impurity , inorganic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , amino acid , electrode , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Active nanotubes: Bi‐component nickel and iron residual catalyst impurities within single‐walled carbon nanotubes (see picture) are responsible for the electrochemical oxidation of arginine (where Fe and Ni participate) and histidine (where only Fe participates).