The use of transmission electron microscopy tomography to correlate copper catalyst particle morphology with carbon fiber morphology

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2950-2959

  Shaikjee, Ahmed ^a   Franklyn, Paul J ^a   Coville, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; CATALYST PARTICLES; COPPER CATALYST; COPPER PARTICLES; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FIBER SYNTHESIS; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; HELICITIES; SUPPORTED CATALYSTS; TEM; TIO;

ACETYLENE; CATALYSTS; COPPER; FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 79955565740     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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