Gas-induced formation of Cu nanoparticle as catalyst for high-purity straight and helical carbon nanofibers

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8611-8619

  Jian, Xian ^a   Jiang, Man ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a   Zeng, Qun ^b   Lu, Jun ^a   Wang, Dingchuan ^a   Zhu, Junting ^a   Gou, Jihua ^c   Wang, Yong ^a   Hui, David ^d   Yang, Mingli ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

^d UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; catalyst; Cu nanocrystal; gas inducing method; helical; shape control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CU NANOPARTICLES; FACILE PREPARATION; GAS-INDUCING METHOD; GROWTH MODELS; HELICAL; HELICAL CARBON NANOFIBER; HIGH YIELD; HIGH-PURITY; ONE-STEP PROCESS; SHAPE CONTROL; SIZE AND SHAPE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPPER; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; GASES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867768495     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301880w     Document Type: Article

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