Solutal Bénard-Marangoni instability as a growth mechanism for single-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 986-993

  Larouche, Frédéric ^a   Smiljanic, Olivier ^a   Sun, Xueliang ^a   Stansfield, Barry L ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst; Interfacial properties; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; PLASMA TORCHES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VORTEX FLOW;

CONVECTION CELLS; GAS-PHAS METHODS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 13944262931     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.11.029     Document Type: Article

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