Growth of carbon nanotubes by sublimation of silicon carbide substrates

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5732, Issue , 2005, Pages 77-83

  Mitchel, W C ^a   Boeckl, John ^a   Tomlin, D ^a   Lu, Weijie ^b   Rigueur, John ^b   Reynolds, Jonathan ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotubes; Electron Microscopy; Raman Scattering; Silicon Carbide

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; MECHANICAL POLISHING; METAL CATALYSTS; SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBLIMATION; VACUUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 21844477297     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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