Increasing the length of a single-wall carbon nanotube forest by adding titanium to a catalytic substrate

Carbon

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  Ohashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Ochiai, Takumi ^b   Tokune, Toshio ^a   Kawarada, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HONDA R AND D CO LTD   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CATALYTIC SUBSTRATES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); DEPOSITION PROCESS; IRON OXIDE PARTICLES; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRE-TREATMENT; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBE FORESTS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; TITANIUM;

SUBSTRATES;

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYSTS; DEPOSITION; FORESTS; IONIZATION; IRON OXIDES; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM; VAPORS;

EID: 84875242925     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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