Growth of multiwalled carbon nanotubes during the initial stages of aerosol-assisted CCVD

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2968-2976

  Pinault, M ^a   Mayne L'Hermite, M ^a   Reynaud, C ^a   Pichot, V ^b   Launois, P ^b   Ballutaud, D ^c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Electron microscopy; X ray diffraction; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOLUENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LIQUID AEROSOLS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); TOLUNE/FERROCENE SOLUTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 24344445583     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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