Narrow multi-walled carbon nanotubes produced by chemical vapor deposition using graphene layer encapsulated catalytic metal particles

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3336-3341

  Nagatsu, Masaaki ^a   Yoshida, Takaaki ^a   Mesko, Marcel ^a   Ogino, Akihisa ^a   Matsuda, Takafumi ^a   Tanaka, Takayuki ^a   Tatsuoka, Hirokazu ^a   Murakami, Kenji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst; Chemical vapor deposition; Plasma reactions

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENCAPSULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE LAYERS; METAL PARTICLES; MULTI WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); PLASMA REACTIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33750346341     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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