Dynamic evolution of supported metal nanocatalyst/carbon structure during single-walled carbon nanotube growth

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 720-735

  Gómez Gualdrón, Diego A ^a   McKenzie, Gilbert D ^a   Alvarado, Juan F J ^b   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

nanotube chirality; reactive molecular dynamics; selective nanotube synthesis; template effect

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CARBON RINGS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CONTACT REGIONS; DEFECT ANNEALING; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; HOLLOW SITES; IN-FIELD; INTERACTION STRENGTH; NANO-CATALYST; NANOPARTICLE MOBILITY; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; NANOTUBE GROWTH; NANOTUBE STRUCTURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; STRUCTURAL CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SUPPORTED METALS; TEMPLATE EFFECTS;

CARBON; CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; ENANTIOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84856156944     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204215c     Document Type: Article

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