Catalyst rotation, twisting, and bending during multiwall carbon nanotube growth

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3840-3845

  Behr, Michael J ^a   Andre Mkhoyan, K ^a   Aydil, Eray S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LENGTH; CATALYST PARTICLES; CONVERGENT-BEAM ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE;

CARBIDES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ROTATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77955425765     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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