Synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes and long nanotube ribbons with Ho/Ni as catalyst by arc discharge

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2894-2901

  Yao, Mingguang ^a   Liu, Bingbing ^a   Zou, Yonggang ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Cui, Tian ^a   Zou, Guangtian ^a   Sundqvist, B ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HOLMIUM; NICKEL; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ARC DISCHARGES; BIMETALIC CATALYSTS; RIBBON LENGTHS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 24344502261     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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