Novel catalyst particle production method for CVD growth of single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1604-1608

  Queipo, Paula ^a   Nasibulin, Albert G ^a   Gonzalez, David ^a   Tapper, Unto ^b   Jiang, Hua ^b   Tsuneta, Taku ^a   Grigoras, Kestas ^a   Dueñas, Jose A ^c   Kauppinen, Esko I ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Particle size; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748861646     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.02.027     Document Type: Letter

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