Growth of carbon nanocoils using Fe-Sn-O catalyst film prepared by a spin-coating method

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2024-2032

  Li, Dawei ^a   Pan, Lujun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic; Chemical vapor deposition; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CATALYTIC; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE; GROWTH MECHANISMS; SANDWICH-LIKE STRUCTURE; SPIN-COATING METHOD;

CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

TIN;

EID: 84877938514     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.227     Document Type: Article

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