Effects of pre-annealing of Fe catalysts on growth of spin-capable carbon nanotubes

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-92

  Jung, Daewoong ^a   Kim, Jae Hak ^a   Lee, Kyung H ^a   Overzet, Lawrence J ^a   Lee, Gil S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Fre annealing time; Iron (Fe) nanoparticle; Multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; CRITICAL FACTORS; FE NANOPARTICLES; FOREST PROPERTIES; FRE-ANNEALING TIME; GROWTH PROCESS; PREANNEALING;

CATALYSTS; FORESTRY; IRON; METALLIC FILMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES;

ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; CARBON FIBERS; CATALYSTS; IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84880905497     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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