Chemical vapor deposition of pyrolytic carbon on carbon nanotubes: Part 1. Synthesis and morphology

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2897-2912

  Allouche, Hatem ^a,b   Monthioux, Marc ^a   Jacobsen, Ronald L ^c  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c Applied Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Vapor grown carbon; B. Chemical vapor deposition; C. Scanning electron microscopy; Carbon nanotubes; Catalytically grown carbon

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ISOTHERMS; MORPHOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MICROMETRIC MORPHOLOGIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0242367332     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00329-4     Document Type: Article

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