Thermodynamic modeling of particle formation and reshaping in metallic catalyst nanofilms for carbon nanotube growth

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sanjabi, S ^a   Bayat, N ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; CATALYST NANOPARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GIBBS FREE ENERGY CHANGES; LAPLACE-YOUNG EQUATION; METALLIC CATALYSTS; MODEL-BASED OPC; NANO FILMS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; SIZE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; LAPLACE EQUATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GOLD;

EID: 84858765839     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/20/3/035002     Document Type: Article

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