Narrow-chirality distributed single-walled carbon nanotube synthesis by remote plasma enhanced ethanol deposition on cobalt incorporated MCM-41 catalyst

Carbon

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-143

  Wei, Li ^a   Bai, Shihe ^a   Peng, Wenkuan ^a   Yuan, Yang ^a   Si, Rongmei ^a   Goh, Kunli ^a   Jiang, Rongrong ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FEEDSTOCK; CHIRAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; REMOTE PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; SELECTIVE GROWTH; SEMI-CONDUCTING NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CHIRALITY; COBALT; ETHANOL; GROWTH TEMPERATURE; NANOTUBES; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLASMA ETCHING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

PLASMAS;

EID: 84886781264     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.08.051     Document Type: Article

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