Single-walled carbon nanotube growth from liquid gallium and indium

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3971-3973

  Rao, Rahul ^a   Eyink, Kurt G ^a   Maruyama, Benji ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GALLIUM; INDIUM; LIQUIDS; YARN;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIUM CATALYST; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID GALLIUM; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77955428793     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.06.065     Document Type: Letter

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