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Communication DOI: 10.1002/cvde.200504217 a mixture of DWNTs and SWNTs is that the catalytic growth conditions of DWNTs have proved to be very simi- Fabrication of High-Purity, Double-Walled lar to those of SWNTs, including the same distribution of Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper** metal particles. However, the fabrication of highly pure DWNT material is needed in order to probe the electronic By Yoong Ahm Kim, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Takuya as well as the transport and mechanical properties of indi- Hayashi, Morinobu Endo,* Mauricio Terrones, and Mildred vidual DWNTs. Recently, we reported[13] the fabrication of S. Dresselhaus highly purified DWNTs through the right combination of a catalytic CVD method[14,15] with an optimized two-step pur- In the last decade, one-dimensional carbon nanotubes have ification process. Interestingly, these have relatively homo- attracted the attention of a wide range of scientists due to geneous and small-sized inner (ca. 0.9 nm) and outer diam- their unique morphology and nanometer-size scale, as well as eters (ca. 1.5 nm) (see Fig. 1e), and are thus expected to their versatile physical and chemical properties.[1–4] Their exhibit the 1D character of a quantum wire. intrinsic properties make them useful in a wide range of po- This article highlights the fabrication and characteriza- tential applications including na