Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by catalytic chemical vapour deposition: A review on carbon sources, catalysts and substrates

KA Shah, BA Tali - Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively studied during the past two decades and
Catalytic Chemical Vapour Deposition (CCVD) technique has been untiredly employed by …

Carbon nanotubes: a review on structure and their interaction with proteins

N Saifuddin, AZ Raziah, AR Junizah - Journal of Chemistry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a nanostructure that can have a
length‐to‐diameter ratio greater than 1,000,000. Techniques have been developed to …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon nanotubes–becoming clean

N Grobert - Materials today, 2007 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are now well into their teenage years. Early on, theoretical
predictions and experimental data showed that CNTs possess chemical and mechanical …

In-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of catalyst− support interactions and growth of carbon nanotube forests

C Mattevi, CT Wirth, S Hofmann, R Blume… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We study catalyst support interactions during chemical vapor deposition of carbon
nanotubes by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy over a wide range of pressures. We …

Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-wall carbon nanotubes at low temperatures

M Cantoro, S Hofmann, S Pisana, V Scardaci… - Nano Letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
We report surface-bound growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) at temperatures
as low as 350° C by catalytic chemical vapor deposition from undiluted C2H2. NH3 or H2 …

Growth of ultrahigh density single-walled carbon nanotube forests by improved catalyst design

G Zhong, JH Warner, M Fouquet, AW Robertson… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We have grown vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube forests with an area
density of 1.5× 1013 cm–2, the highest yet achieved, by reducing the average diameter of …

Gecko‐foot‐mimetic aligned single‐walled carbon nanotube dry adhesives with unique electrical and thermal properties

L Qu, L Dai - Advanced materials, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Vertically aligned single‐walled carbon nanotube (VA‐SWNT) arrays synthesized by a
combined plasma‐enhanced chemical vapor deposition and fast heating method show a …

Millimeter-thick single-walled carbon nanotube forests: hidden role of catalyst support

S Noda, K Hasegawa, H Sugime… - Japanese journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A parametric study of so-called" super growth" of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)
was done by using combinatorial libraries of iron/aluminum oxide catalysts. Millimeter-thick …

Carbon nanotube synthesis and organization

E Joselevich, H Dai, J Liu, K Hata… - … : advanced topics in the …, 2008 - Springer
The synthesis, sorting and organization of carbon nanotubes are major challengestoward
future applications. This chapter reviews recent advances in these topics, addressing both …

Plasma‐assisted approaches in inorganic nanostructure fabrication

J Zheng, R Yang, L Xie, J Qu, Y Liu, X Li - Advanced Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma is a unique medium for chemical reactions and materials preparations, which also
finds its application in the current tide of nanostructure fabrication. Although plasma …