Effect of catalyst composition on carbon nanotube growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2694-2696

  Liao, X Z ^a   Serquis, A ^a   Jia, Q X ^a   Peterson, D E ^a   Zhu, Y T ^a   Xu, H F ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYST COMPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0037545901     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1569655     Document Type: Article

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