High-precision selective deposition of catalyst for facile localized growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 10344-10345

  Xiang, Rong ^a   Wu, Tianzhun ^a   Einarsson, Erik ^a   Suzuki, Yuji ^a   Murakami, Yoichi ^a,b   Shiomi, Junichiro ^a   Maruyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; DIP COATING; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-PRECISION; LOCALIZED GROWTH; SAMS; SELECTIVE DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; HYDROPHILICITY; MONOLAYERS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTRON BEAM; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOLITHOTROPH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 68049092154     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja902904v     Document Type: Article

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