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The formation of very long (up to several \u00b5m) straight monocrystal metal kernels inside the carbon nanotubes was the most interesting effect. The use of trimetal catalysts (Fe1-x-yCoxNiy)(C5H5)2 resulted in the sharp increase in the yield of carbon nanotubes. The electrical conductivity of the produced nanotubes is determined by the nature of the catalyst. The variation of individual metals in the Ni-Co-Fe leads to a drop of the electrical resistivity of nanotube samples by the order of magnitude, i.e., from 1.0 \u00d7 10\u22123 to 1.1 \u00d7 10\u22125 \u2126\u2219m. A controlled change in the electrophysical properties of the nanotubes can make it possible to expand their use as fillers in composites, photothermal and tunable magnetic nanomaterials with pre-designed electrical conductivity and other electromagnetic properties.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano10112279","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,17]],"date-time":"2020-11-17T11:02:12Z","timestamp":1605610932000},"page":"2279","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Synthesis, Structure and Electrical Resistivity of Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized over Group VIII Metallocenes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Aida","family":"Karaeva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sergey","family":"Urvanov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nikita","family":"Kazennov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eduard","family":"Mitberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vladimir","family":"Mordkovich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"457","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1018504108114","article-title":"CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes","volume":"16","author":"Qin","year":"1997","journal-title":"J. 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