How the shape of catalyst nanoparticles determines their crystallographic orientation during carbon nanofiber growth

Carbon

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-45

  Merkulov, I A ^a,b,c   Yoon, Mina ^b   Geohegan, David B ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY ENERGIES; CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; CRYSTAL ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE PARTICLE; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHENE; GROWTH RATE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NANOPARTICLES;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84878612936     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.03.054     Document Type: Article

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