Plasma enhanced growth of single walled carbon nanotubes at low temperature: A reactive molecular dynamics simulation

Carbon

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 269-276

  Shariat, M ^a,b   Hosseini, S I ^c   Shokri, B ^a   Neyts, E C ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b VALI E ASR UNIVERSITY OF RAFSANJAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ION ENERGIES; LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ION BOMBARDMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884531229     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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