Efficient diffusion barrier layers for the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes on copper substrates

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-621

  Garcia Cespedes J ^a   Thomasson, S ^b   Teo, K B K ^b   Kinloch, I A ^c   Milne, W I ^b   Pascual, E ^a   Bertran, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CERAMIC COATINGS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COATINGS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; PLASTIC COATINGS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICON NITRIDE; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TOLUENE;

AES DEPTH PROFILING; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (AES); BARRIER COATINGS; CARBON FEEDSTOCK; CATALYST PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITION PROFILES; COPPER SUBSTRATES; DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER (DBL); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FE DIFFUSION; FERROCENE (FC); IRON CATALYSTS; NANO TUBE; SECONDARY IONS; TIN COATINGS; UPPER LIMITS;

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EID: 58549117851     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.10.045     Document Type: Article

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