Hidden features of the catalyst nanoparticles favorable for single-walled carbon nanotube growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Harutyunyan, Avetik R ^a   Mora, Elena ^a   Tokune, Toshio ^a   Bolton, Kim ^b,c   Rosén, Arne ^b,c   Jiang, Aiqin ^d   Awasthi, Neha ^d   Curtarolo, Stefano ^d  

^a Honda R&D Americas Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^d Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST COMPOSITION; CATALYST NANOPARTICLES; LIQUIDUS LINE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MASS SPECTROMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34247344520     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2730730     Document Type: Article

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