Amplification of single-walled carbon nanotubes from designed seeds: Separation of nucleation and growth

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 17804-17806

  Ogrin, Douglas ^a   Anderson, Robin E ^a   Colorado Jr , Ramon ^a   Maruyama, Benji ^b   Pender, Mark J ^b   Moore, Valerie C ^a   Pheasant, Sean T ^a   McJilton, Laura ^a   Schmidt, Howard K ^a   Hauge, Robert H ^a   Billups, W Edward ^a   Tour, James M ^a   Smalley, Richard E ^a   Barron, Andrew R ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROCESSES; INORGANIC CLUSTERS;

AMPLIFICATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NUCLEATION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 37249044706     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0712506     Document Type: Article

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