Size control of catalytic nanoparticles by thermal treatment and its application to diameter control of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Jeong, Goo Hwan ^a,e   Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamazaki, Akira ^b   Yoshimura, Hideyuki ^b   Homma, Yoshikazu ^c,d  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; HEAT TREATMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT); THERMAL ANNEALING;

SIZE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33846614611     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2433024     Document Type: Article

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