Positional control of catalyst nanoparticles for the synthesis of high density carbon nanofiber arrays

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1378-1383

  Retterer, Scott T ^a   Melechko, Anatoli ^a   Hensley, Dale K ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,b   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FIBER OPTICS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOFIBERS; NICKEL; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMAS;

CARBON NANOFIBER ARRAYS; CATALYST NANOPARTICLES; CATALYST PARTICLES; DOT DIAMETER; GAS RATIO; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HIGH-DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY ARRAYS; HIGHER-ORDER; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANO PHASE; NANO SCALING; NICKEL CATALYSTS; PLASMA POWERS; POSITIONAL CONTROL; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON; CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FIBER OPTICS; LITHOGRAPHY; NICKEL; PLASMA;

EID: 49349113895     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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