Self catalyzing behavior of kanthal wire for coating of carbon nanotubes

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-87

  Rahaman, Ariful ^a   Patra, N ^a   Kar, Kamal K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Carbon nanotube; Kanthal wire; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal chemical vapor deposition

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIMETALS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYZING BEHAVIOR; KANTHAL WIRES; THERMAL-CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 38149004785     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830701786682     Document Type: Article

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