A tight-binding grand canonical Monte Carlo study of the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 6099-6104

  Amara, H ^a,b   Bichara, C ^c   Ducastelle, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

A CARBONS; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYTIC GROWTHS; DIFFERENT SIZES; GRAND CANONICAL; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO STUDIES; NICKEL CLUSTERS; SUBSURFACE LAYERS; SYNTHESIS OF; TIGHT BINDINGS;

CARBON CLUSTERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LOW PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 58149260584     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.SW04     Document Type: Article

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