In situ observations of carbon nanotube formation using environmental transmission electron microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 990-992

  Sharma, Renu ^a   Iqbal, Zafar ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; PROPYLENE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACETYLENE GAS; MULTIWALL NANOTUBES; SINGLE WALL NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 1542337002     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1646465     Document Type: Article

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