Dual formation of carpets of large carbon nanofibers and thin crystalline carbon nanotubes from the same catalyst-underlayer system

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4519-4526

  Nessim, Gilbert D ^a   Seita, Matteo ^b   O'Brien, Kevin P ^c   Speakman, Scott A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE-GROWTH MECHANISM; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CATALYST LAYERS; COBALT CATALYST; DE-WETTING; LARGE DIAMETER; MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM; SMALL-DIAMETER; SUPER CAPACITOR; UNDERLAYERS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; COBALT; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TANTALUM;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 77957129684     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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