Modelling gas-phase synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes on iron catalyst particles

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-433

  Celnik, Matthew ^a   West, Richard ^a   Morgan, Neal ^a   Kraft, Markus ^a   Moisala, Anna ^a   Wen, John ^b   Green, William ^b   Richter, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROGENATION; IRON; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GAS-PHASE SYNTHESIS; NANOTUBE GROWTH; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 40649118935     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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