Effect of the metal-substrate interaction strength on the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7668-7675

  Burgos, Juan C ^a   Jones, Erick ^a   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; CARBON NETWORK; CATALYST PARTICLES; CATALYST SURFACES; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC GROWTH; COMPLETE WETTING; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-CATALYST; NANOTUBE GROWTH; REPULSION FORCE; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; SUBSTRATE STRENGTH; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; UPPER LAYER;

ADHESION; AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST POISONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHENE; METALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WETTING;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79954595380     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp200919j     Document Type: Article

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