Growth and characterization of vertically aligned centimeter long CNT arrays

Carbon

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 264-273

  Cho, Wondong ^a   Schulz, Mark ^a,b   Shanov, Vesselin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LIFETIME; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; ETHYLENE CONCENTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; IMPURITY INCORPORATION; THERMAL CVD; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

ETHYLENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84900663662     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.01.074     Document Type: Article

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