Integration of carbon nanotubes with controllable inclination angle into microsystems

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3030-3036

  Gjerde, Kjetil ^a   Schurmann, Tommy ^a   Bu, Ian ^b   Teo, Kenneth B K ^b   Milne, Willam I ^b   Bøggild, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Catalytically grown carbon; Plasma deposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYTICALLY GROWN CARBON;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33748790705     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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