Gigas growth of carbon nanotubes

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 496-503

  Kumar, Mukul ^a   Ando, Yoshinori ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Camphor; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapour deposition; Gigas growth; Green nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; VAPOR DEPOSITION; YARN; ZEOLITES;

ACADEMIC LABORATORY; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; GIGAS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; GREEN NANOTECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-WALLED CNTS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 50849138160     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.58.1670     Document Type: Article

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