Controllable patterning and CVD growth of isolated carbon nanotubes with direct parallel writing of catalyst using dip-pen Nanolithography

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Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2523-2527

  Kuljanishvili, Irma ^a   Dikin, Dmitriy A ^b   Rozhok, Sergey ^c   Mayle, Scott ^a   Chandrasekhar, Venkat ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NANOINK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst nanoparticles; Chemical vapor deposition; Dip pen nanolithography

Indexed keywords

CATALYST NANOPARTICLE; CATALYST NANOPARTICLES; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; DIP-PEN NANOLITHOGRAPHY; HIGH YIELD; MOLECULAR INK; NANOMETER-SCALE PRECISION;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 73349117534     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900841     Document Type: Article

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