Flame nanotube synthesis in moderate electric fields: From alignment and growth rate effects to structural variations and branching phenomena

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3308-3314

  Merchan Merchan, Wilson ^a   Saveliev, Alexei V ^a   Kennedy, Lawrence A ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Combustion; Electron microscopy; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAIN GROWTH; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GROWTH RATE; OXY FLAME; PARTICLE SPROUTING; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE (VACNT); VOLTAGE SOURCE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33750340245     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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