Growth of multiwalled-carbon nanotubes using vertically aligned carbon nanofibers as templates/scaffolds and improved field-emission properties

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Cui, H ^a,b   Yang, X ^a,b   Baylor, L R ^a   Lowndes, D H ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PROBES; SCAFFOLDS; SILICON;

CARBON SILICON MATERIALS; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED-CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS (VACNF);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 18644366435     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1852730     Document Type: Article

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