On the growth and microstructure of carbon nanotubes grown by thermal chemical vapor deposition

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1211-1216

  Handuja, Sangeeta ^a   Srivastava, P ^a   Vankar, V D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Microstructure; Morphology; Substrates

Indexed keywords

COPPER FOILS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; MULTI-WALLED; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); QUARTZ; SILICON NITRIDE; VAPORS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84860918268     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9628-8     Document Type: Article

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