Our society requires new materials for a sustainable future, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
are among the most important advanced materials. This Review describes the state‐of‐the …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit excellent mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical
properties and show promising application potentials in numerous fields. Among different …

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 …

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 …

We elucidated the secret of water-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) by elucidating
the influence of water on the catalysts, through ex situ microscopic and spectroscopic …

Coatings comprising carbon nanotubes are very black, that is, characterized by uniformly
low reflectance over a broad range of wavelengths from the visible to far infrared. Arguably …

We present a general catalyst design to synthesize ultrahigh density, aligned forests of
carbon nanotubes by cyclic deposition and annealing of catalyst thin films. This leads to …

Here we show that essentially any Fe compounds spanning Fe salts, nanoparticles, and
buckyferrocene could serve as catalysts for single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) forest …

The growth of tall, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) forests is often believed to require
the use of specific feedstocks (eg, ethanol) or etchants (eg, water). Here, on the basis of …

A gas shower system was introduced to improve the growth of single-walled carbon
nanotube (SWNT) forests by controling the gas flow direction. Delivery of gases from the top …