Size-selective catalytic growth of nearly 100% pure carbon nanocoils with copper nanoparticles produced by atomic layer deposition

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5330-5338

  Wang, Guizhen ^a,b   Ran, Gu ^c   Wan, Gengping ^b   Yang, Peng ^a   Gao, Zhe ^a   Lin, Shiwei ^b   Fu, Chuan ^c   Qin, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; carbon nanocoils; Cu nanoparticles; high purity; size selective catalytic

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARBON; CARBON FILMS; COPPER; DEPOSITION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON NANOCOILS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; COPPER NANOPARTICLES; CU NANO-PARTICLES; HIGH PURITY; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SIZE-SELECTIVE; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84901675772     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501709h     Document Type: Article

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