Macroscopic multi-branched carbon trees generated from chemical vapor deposition of toluene

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1098-1100

  Guo, Xiang Yun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Microstructure; Scanning electron microscopy; Vapor grown carbon

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ARGON; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FULLERENES; METHANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOTUBES; QUARTZ APPLICATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOCOUPLES; TOLUENE;

CARBON MICRO-SPHERES; DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION (DLA); FERROCENE; VAPOR GROWN CARBON;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 13944269952     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.11.037     Document Type: Article

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