Oriented growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on a MgO(0 0 1) surface

Carbon

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-187

  Maret, Mireille ^a   Hostache, Karine ^a   Schouler, Marie Claude ^a   Marcus, Bernadette ^b   Roussel Dherbey, Francine ^c   Albrecht, Manfred ^d   Gadelle, Patrice ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b LEPMI   (France)

^c Grenoble INP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; HYDROGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

DIRECTIONAL GROWTH; MGO SUBSTRATE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34347324069     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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