Catalyst and catalyst support morphology evolution In single-walled carbon nanotube supergrowth: Growth deceleration and termination

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1875-1885

  Min Kim, Senng ^a   Pint, Gary L ^b   Amama, Placidus B ^c,d   Hauge, Robert H ^e   Maruyana, Benji ^d   Stach, Eric A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CATALYSTS; ALUMINA SUPPORT; CATALYST MORPHOLOGY; FE CATALYST; GROWTH TERMINATIONS; IN-SITU ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL ATOMS; PARTICLE MOTIONS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; SUPPORT MORPHOLOGY; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COALESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; OSTWALD RIPENING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 77958086290     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0264     Document Type: Article

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