On the mechanism of carbon nanotube formation: The role of the catalyst

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 39, 2011, Pages

  Ayre, G N ^a   Uchino, T ^a   Mazumder, B ^a   Hector, A L ^a   Hutchison, J L ^b   Smith, D C ^a   Ashburn, P ^a   De Groot, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; NANOTUBE FORMATION; NANOTUBE GROWTH; NON-TRADITIONAL; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIOUS METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80052946098     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/39/394201     Document Type: Review

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