Novel catalytic route to bulk production of high purity carbon nanotube

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Dasgupta, Kinshuk ^a   Venugopalan, Ramani ^a   Dey, G K ^a   Sathiyamoorthy, D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Catalyst; Chemical vapour deposition; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

BULK PRODUCTION; COBALT FORMATE; NICKEL LOADING; QUARTZ REACTOR;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT; NICKEL; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACETYLENE; ARGON; CARBON NANOTUBE; COBALT; COBALT FORMATE; FERROCENE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; NICKEL; NICKEL FORMATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DILUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR;

EID: 36448956430     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-007-9219-5     Document Type: Article

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