The release of free standing vertically-aligned carbon nanotube arrays from a substrate using CO2 oxidation

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1441-1450

  Huang, Jia Qi ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhao, Meng Qiang ^a   Wei, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; HIGH QUALITY; METALLIC PARTICLES; OXIDATION PROCESS; OXIDIZABILITY; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION; TURBOSTRATIC;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 75749133130     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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