Modeling of the heterogeneous formation of ni catalyst particles for carbon nanotube growth

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8652-8659

  Sanjabi, S ^a   Faramarzi, A ^a   Momen, M Hamdam ^a   Barber, Z H ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; NANO FILMS; NANOSOLIDS; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; NANOTUBE FORMATION; NI CATALYSTS; NI FILMS; NI NANOPARTICLES; NI PARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE CONTROL; SI SUBSTRATES; SIZE DEPENDENT; SIZE-DEPENDENT MELTING; SURFACE ENERGIES; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; WETTING ANGLE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MELTING POINT; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67649223781     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp810082e     Document Type: Article

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