Unravelling the mechanisms behind mixed catalysts for the high yield production of single-walled carbon nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3839-3844

  Tetali, Sailaja ^a,b   Zaka, Mujtaba ^c   Schönfelder, Ronny ^a   Bachmatiuk, Alicja ^a   Börrnert, Felix ^a   Ibrahim, Imad ^a,b   Lin, Jarrn H ^d   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^b   Warner, Jamie H ^c   Büchner, Bernd ^a   Rümmeli, Mark H ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Diameter and yield control; Growth mechanism; Mixed catalysts

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH MECHANISM; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HEMISPHERICAL CAP; HIGH YIELD; LASER EVAPORATION; MIXED CATALYSTS; YIELD PRODUCTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 73849141613     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9012548     Document Type: Article

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