Understanding the stability of a sputtered Al buffer layer for single-walled carbon nanotube forest synthesis

Carbon

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 401-409

  Ohashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Kato, Ryogo ^a,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 (AL); CATALYTIC SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ALUMINA; BUFFER LAYERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMAL EVAPORATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON FIBERS; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

EID: 84875260848     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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