Synthesis of carbon nanotubes on metal alloy substrates with voltage bias in methane inverse diffusion flames

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 570-577

  Xu, Fusheng ^a   Liu, Xiaofei ^a   Tse, Stephen D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalytically grown carbon; Combustion; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUELS; JETS; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOY COMPOSITION; CATALYTICALLY GROWN CARBONS; INVERSE DIFFUSION FLAME (IDF); JET CONFIGURATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 27744485044     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.07.043     Document Type: Article

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