Combinatorial method to prepare metal nanoparticles that catalyze the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Noda, Suguru ^a   Tsuji, Yoshiko ^a   Murakami, Yoichi ^a   Maruyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMBINATORIAL MASKED DEPOSITION (CMD); STRUCTURE-DIRECTING AGENTS; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH; VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 20844444583     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1920417     Document Type: Article

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