Dynamic catalyst restructuring during carbon nanotube growth

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7587-7595

  Moseler, Michael ^a,b   Cervantes Sodi, Felipe ^c,d   Hofmann, Stephan ^c   Csányi, Gábor ^c   Ferrari, Andrea C ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

atomic diffusion; carbon nanotube; catalysts; growth

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DIFFUSIONS; CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; CATALYST SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH; INTERFACE REGIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NI DIFFUSION; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SHAPE EVOLUTION; SOLID NICKEL; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT CALCULATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 78650752454     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102118y     Document Type: Article

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