Optimization of water assisted chemical vapor deposition parameters for super growth of carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1987-1993

  Patole, S P ^a   Alegaonkar, P S ^b   Lee, Hyun Chul ^b   Yoo, Ji Beom ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FLOW RATE; GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL VAPORS; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GAS-FLOW RATES; INJECTION TEMPERATURE; IRON CATALYSTS; KINETICS STUDY; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RAMP RATES; REACTANT GASSES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 53549128921     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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