Excimer laser nanostructuring of nickel thin films for the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4035-4037

  Henley, S J ^a   Poa, C H P ^a   Adikaari, A A D T ^a   Giusca, C E ^a   Carey, J D ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; EXCIMER LASERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; NICKEL; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

LASER NANOSTRUCTURING (LN); LASER SHOTS; PULSED LASER ABLATION (PLA);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 2942624502     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1751226     Document Type: Article

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