Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-wall carbon nanotubes at low temperatures

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1107-1112

  Cantoro, Mirco ^a   Hofmann, Stephan ^a   Pisana, Simone ^a   Scardaci, Vittorio ^a   Parvez, Atlus ^a   Ducati, Caterina ^a   Ferrari, Andrea C ^a   Blackburn, Arthur M ^b   Wang, Kai You ^b   Robertson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; LIQUEFACTION; MULTILAYERS; NUCLEATION;

CATALYST FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURING; SUB-NANOMETER FE; SURFACE-BOUND GROWTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GASES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745756392     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl060068y     Document Type: Article

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