Catalyst design for carbon nanotube growth using atomistic modeling

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 40, 2008, Pages

  Pint, Cary L ^a,b   Bozzolo, Guillermo ^c   Hauge, Robert ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IRON ALLOYS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES;

BI-METALLIC CATALYST; CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTHS; CATALYST PARTICLES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; IRON; MOLYBDENUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BOZZOLO FERRANTE SMITH METHOD; CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51349159202     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/40/405704     Document Type: Article

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