Large-scale synthesis of arrays of high-aspect-ratio rigid vertically aligned carbon nanofibres

Nanotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1029-1035

  Melechko, A V ^a,b   McKnight, T E ^a   Hensley, D K ^a   Guillorn, M A ^a,b   Borisevich, A Y ^a   Merkulov, V I ^a   Lowndes, D H ^a   Simpson, M L ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON; CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOFIBRES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0141903281     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/14/9/318     Document Type: Article

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