A two-stage mechanism of bimetallic catalyzed growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nano Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2331-2335

  Deng, Wei Qiao ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; GROWTH WITH DEFECT REPAIR (G-DR); LASER VAPORIZATION; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BENZENE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FULLERENES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUCLEATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SUBSTRATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 10844235772     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl048663s     Document Type: Article

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