The role of ions in plasma catalytic carbon nanotube growth: A review

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 154-162

  Neyts, Erik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube (CNT); defect healing; ion bombardment; plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937968316     PISSN: 20950179     EISSN: 20950187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-015-1515-5     Document Type: Article

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