Nanoparticle decoration of carbon nanotubes by sputtering

Carbon

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-281

  Muratore, C ^a,b   Reed, A N ^b   Bultman, J E ^b,c   Ganguli, S ^b,c   Cola, B A ^d   Voevodin, A A ^b  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD PARTICLES; INTRINSIC BINDING; METAL ELEMENTS; SITU MODIFICATION; SPUTTER PROCESS; TITANIUM METALS; TUBE DIAMETERS; VAPOR PHASE GROWTH;

BINDING ENERGY; DEFECT DENSITY; GOLD; KINETICS; METAL IONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84875276911     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.01.074     Document Type: Article

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