The role of γ -iron nanoparticulates in the growth of carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Khasanov, Airat ^a   He, Jian ^b   Gaillard, Jay ^b   Yang, Keqin ^b   Rao, Apparao M ^a   Cameron, C Michelle ^a   Schmeltzer, J M ^a   Stevens, John G ^a   Nath, Amar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FERROMAGNETISM; IRON; MAGNETISM; METALLIZING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARAMAGNETISM; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); ANTIFERROMAGNETIC (AFM); CATALYTIC GROWTH; CHEMICAL VAPORS; FE NANO-PARTICLES; FIELD COOLING (FC); GRAPHITIZED CARBONS; IRON PARTICLES; IRON-CARBIDE (FE3C); NANO-PARTICULATES; NANO-SIZED; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC; WEAK FERROMAGNETISM (WFM); ZERO FIELD (ZF);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 47249161517     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2937125     Document Type: Article

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