Statistical analysis of variation in laboratory growth of carbon nanotube forests and recommendations for improved consistency

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3565-3580

  Oliver, C Ryan ^a   Polsen, Erik S ^a   Meshot, Eric R ^a   Tawfick, Sameh ^a,b   Park, Sei Jin ^a   Bedewy, Mostafa ^a   Hart, A John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor deposition; error; nanomaterials; process control; variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIATIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FURNACE CONFIGURATION; PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS REPEATABILITY; VARIATION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROCESS CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAPORS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTATION; FORESTRY; PROCESS CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; VAPORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84876545574     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400507y     Document Type: Article

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