Effects of hydrogen on carbon nanotube formation in CH4/H2 plasmas

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1518-1526

  Okita, Atsushi ^a   Suda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Oda, Akinori ^b   Nakamura, Junji ^c   Ozeki, Atsushi ^a   Bhattacharyya, Krishnendu ^a   Sugawara, Hirotake ^a   Sakai, Yosuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FLUID MODELS; HYDROGEN ETCHING; INCUBATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34249685891     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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