Structural changes in iron oxide and gold catalysts during nucleation of carbon nanotubes studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 292-301

  Tang, Dai Ming ^a,b   Liu, Chang ^a   Yu, Wan Jing ^a   Zhang, Li Li ^a   Hou, Peng Xiang ^a   Li, Jin Cheng ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Bando, Yoshio ^b   Golberg, Dmitri ^b   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; catalyst; growth mechanism; in situ electron microscopy; nucleation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; IN SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); IN-SITU ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; GOLD; IN SITU PROCESSING; IRON OXIDES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NUCLEATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84893507384     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403927y     Document Type: Article

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