Self-assembled cones of aligned carbon nanofibers grown on wet-etched Cu foils

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2181-2196

  Mata, D ^a   Amaral, M ^a,b   Fernandes, A J S ^b   Oliveira, F J ^a   Costa, P M F J ^a   Silva, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CONE ANGLE; CU FOIL; DIAMETER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH MODELS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH DENSITY; HOT-FILAMENT; NANO-SIZED; PROCESS KINETICS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; WET-CHEMICAL ETCHING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 79952990961     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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