SWCNT networks on nanoporous silica catalyst support: Morphological and connectivity control for nanoelectronic, gas-sensing, and biosensing devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5809-5819

  Han, Zhao Jun ^a   Mehdipour, Hamid ^a,b   Li, Xiaoguang ^a,c   Shen, Jun ^c   Randeniya, Lakshman ^a   Yang, Hui Ying ^d   Ostrikov, Kostya ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Tongji University   (China)

^d SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

graphene layer; nanonetworks; nanoscale electrical connectivity; porous catalyst support; single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED MECHANISM; BIOSENSING DEVICES; CARBON SUPPLY; CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONTROL OF MORPHOLOGY; DIRECT INTEGRATION; ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; FE CATALYST; GAS SENSING; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GROWTH MODELS; HIGH QUALITY; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; MULTIPHASE MODELING; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; MULTISCALES; NANO DEVICE; NANO SCALE; NANO-NETWORKS; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS SILICA; NANOTUBE DENSITY; POROUS SIO; POROUS STRUCTURES; RAMAN PEAK RATIO; REDUCED CATALYSTS; SI-BASED; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COALESCENCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAPHENE; NANOELECTRONICS; NUCLEATION; SILICA; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84864201837     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302020a     Document Type: Article

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