Nanofabrication by electrochemical routes of Ni-coated ordered arrays of carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1311-1319

  Tamburri, Emanuela ^a   Toschi, Francesco ^a   Guglielmotti, Valeria ^a   Scatena, Elisa ^a   Orlanducci, Silvia ^a   Terranova, Maria Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrodeposition; Nanomanufacturing; Nickel nanoparticles; Ordered arrays; SWCNT

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED BUNDLES; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY TECHNIQUES; DIELECTROPHORETIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ROUTES; ELECTROCRYSTALLIZATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MULTI-FINGER DEVICES; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMANUFACTURING; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NI COATING; NI NANOPARTICLES; NI THIN FILMS; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL REDUCTION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORDERED ARRAY; ORDERED ARRAYS; POSTSYNTHESIS; PRISTINE NANOTUBES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SI SUBSTRATES; SPINTRONICS DEVICE; SWCNT; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEPOSITS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 68149166473     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9520-y     Document Type: Article

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