Nanometer-scale catalyst patterning for controlled growth of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

Advanced Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1344-1347

  Papadopoulos, Chris ^a   Omrane, Badr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SILICON; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CATALYST PARTICLES; CONTROLLED GROWTHS; ELECTRICAL; ELECTROSTATIC; GAS FLOW DIRECTIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; GROWTH STEPS; NANOTUBE GROWTHS; PATTERNING; PERIODIC; PRIMARY MATERIALS; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SELF-ALIGNED; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; TUBE WALLS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 54949091500     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200701881     Document Type: Article

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