Bamboo and herringbone shaped carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibres synthesized in direct current-plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 4502-4506

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Wells, Torquil ^a   El Gomati, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibres (CNFs); Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); PECVD; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBRES; CARBON NANOFIBRES (CNFS); CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOFIBRES; CARBON SOURCE; DIFFERENT SIZES; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DIRECT CURRENT; DIRECT CURRENT PLASMAS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MAIN STRUCTURE; NI CATALYSTS; PECVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEM; SI SUBSTRATES; TEM; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

BAMBOO; CARBON NANOFIBERS; NICKEL; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GAS; HEAT; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SASA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SASA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70350316205     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.M84     Document Type: Conference Paper

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