Effect of different parameters on the morphology of carbon nanotubes structures grown by floating catalyst method

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2382-2387

  Khavanan, M ^a   Chai, S P ^b   Tan, S H ^a   Mohamed, A R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst particle; Floating catalyst; Methane; Reaction temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957470496     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2382.2387     Document Type: Article

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