Is there a correlation between catalyst particle size and CNT diameter?

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2002-2013

  Moodley, P ^a,b   Loos, J ^a   Niemantsverdriet, J W ^a   Thune P C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED GROWTHS; CATALYST PARTICLE SIZES; CATALYTIC SUPPORTS; ENERGY FILTERED TEM; IRON OXIDE PARTICLES; MONODISPERSE; PLANAR MODELS; PLANAR SILICAS; PRE TREATMENTS; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZES; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TWO STAGES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; IRON OXIDES; SILICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 67349137387     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.03.046     Document Type: Article

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