Cobalt-filled apoferritin (Co-ferritin) was, for the first time, used as a wet catalyst for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with narrow diameter distribution. Co-ferritins were spin-coated and converted to cobalt nanoparticles by calcination. Using chemical vapor deposition, suspended networks of SWNTs were formed on pillar-structured substrates. The suspended SWNTs show narrow tube diameter distribution with a relatively good graphite structure. By virtue of the low diffusion coefficient of cobalt, Co-ferritin might be more useful for narrow diameter SWNTs growth than ferritins, which encase iron particles.

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