Modeling CVD synthesis of carbon nanotubes: Nanoparticle formation from ferrocene

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2088-2095

  Kuwana, Kazunori ^a   Saito, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Modeling; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

BI-PARTICLE COLLISION; FERROCENE; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; RADIAL DISTANCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 22344439474     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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