Liquefaction of catalyst during carbon single-walled nanotube growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Harutyunyan, A R ^a   Tokune, T ^a   Mora, E ^b  

^a Honda R&D Americas Inc   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT CATALYST; COBALT NITRATE; MELTING POINT; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIQUEFACTION; MELTING; METHANE; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 20844452535     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1896089     Document Type: Article

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