Diameter-controlled growth of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on quartz using molecular nanoclusters as catalyst precursors

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 433-439

  Peng, Fei ^a   Luo, Da ^a   Sun, Hao ^a   Wang, JinYong ^a   Yang, Feng ^a   Li, RuoMing ^a   Yang, Juan ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catalysts; diameter control; molecular nanoclusters; quartz; single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874511295     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5588-y     Document Type: Article

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