Etchant-induced shaping of nanoparticle catalysts during chemical vapour growth of carbon nanofibres

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 435-444

  He, Z B ^a   Maurice, J L ^a   Lee, C S ^a   Gohier, A ^a   Pribat, D ^a,b   Legagneux, P ^c   Cojocaru, C S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; YARN;

CARBON NANOFIBRES; CHEMICAL VAPOURS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; NANOPARTICLE CATALYSTS; NI NANOPARTICLES; NI PARTICLES; OPENING ANGLE; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

NANOCATALYSTS;

EID: 78650035255     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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