Effect of acetylene flow rate on morphology and structure of carbon nanotube thick films grown by thermal chemical vapor deposition

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Cao, Zhangyi ^a   Sun, Zhuo ^b   Guo, Pingsheng ^b   Chen, Yiwei ^b  

^a SVA Electron Co Ltd   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Raman spectra; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmitting electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250667384     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-007-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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