Growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes in methane diffusion flames

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1889-1896

  Yuan, Liming ^a   Li, Tianxiang ^a   Saito, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Combustion; C. Electron microscopy; D. Microstructure

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMBUSTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THERMAL DIFFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THERMOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0038487838     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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