Pulsed growth of vertically aligned nanotube arrays with variable density

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7573-7581

  Jackson, Jeremy J ^a   Puretzky, Alex A ^a   More, Karren L ^a   Rouleau, Christopher M ^a   Eres, Gyula ^a   Geohegan, David B ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube array; density; in situ diagnostics; optical reflectivity; pulsed CVD; Z STEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; DENSITY; IN-SITU; OPTICAL REFLECTIVITY; PULSED CVD; Z-STEM;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FEEDSTOCKS; REFLECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GROWTH KINETICS;

NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GASES; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES;

EID: 78650753765     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102029y     Document Type: Article

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