Size-selected Ni catalyst islands for single-walled carbon nanotube arrays

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Rider, Amanda E ^a   Levchenko, Igor ^a   Chan, Kevin K F ^a   Tam, Eugene ^a   Ostrikov, Kostya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalytic growth; Hybrid numerical simulation; Nanoislands; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CATALYTIC GROWTH; CONTINUOUS; HYBRID NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ISLAND SIZES; LOW SURFACE TEMPERATURES; METAL CATALYSTS; METAL FILMS; NANOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; NANOISLANDS; NEW APPROACHES; NI CATALYSTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SURFACE COVERAGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

NICKEL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; GAS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 54249101316     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9440-x     Document Type: Article

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