Atomic-resolution imaging of the nucleation points of single-walled carbon nanotubes

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Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1180-1183

  Zhu, Hongwei ^a,b   Suenaga, Kazutomo ^a   Hashimoto, Ayako ^a   Urita, Kouki ^a   Hata, Kenji ^a   Iijima, Sumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chirality; Nucleation; Template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; EVAPORATORS; NUCLEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHIRALITY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33645871571     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200500200     Document Type: Article

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