Carbon nanotubes: properties and application

VN Popov - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2004 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes are unique tubular structures of nanometer diameter and large
length/diameter ratio. The nanotubes may consist of one up to tens and hundreds of …

The catalyst in the CCVD of carbon nanotubes—a review

AC Dupuis - Progress in materials science, 2005 - Elsevier
Since their discovery [Ijima, 1991, Nature, 354, 56], carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been
widely studied due to their large potential applications. First produced in arc-discharge …

Carbon nanotubes: synthesis, properties, and applications

SB Sinnott, R Andrews - Critical reviews in solid state and …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of this article is to provide an updated and in-depth review of some of the most
exciting and important developments in the processing and properties of carbon nanotubes …

Development and validation of ReaxFF reactive force field for hydrocarbon chemistry catalyzed by nickel

JE Mueller, ACT Van Duin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
To enable the study of hydrocarbon reactions catalyzed by nickel surfaces and particles
using reactive molecular dynamics on thousands of atoms as a function of temperature and …

Model of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition

SB Sinnott, R Andrews, D Qian, AM Rao, Z Mao… - Chemical Physics …, 1999 - Elsevier
This Letter outlines a model to account for the catalyzed growth of nanotubes by chemical
vapor deposition. It proposes that their formation and growth is an extension of other known …

Nanotubes

CNR Rao, BC Satishkumar, A Govindaraj… - …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes were discovered soon after the successful laboratory synthesis of
fullerenes. Since their discovery in 1991, there has been intensive research activity in the …

[PDF][PDF] One‐and two‐dimensional diffusion of metal atoms in graphene

Y Gan, L Sun, F Banhart - Small, 2008 - seu-npc.com
Single-layer networks of graphitic carbon have attracted enormous attention in the past
decade. Graphene in its real single-layer structure first became available in the cylindrically …

Root-growth mechanism for single-wall carbon nanotubes

J Gavillet, A Loiseau, C Journet, F Willaime… - Physical review …, 2001 - APS
The catalytic growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes is investigated by high-resolution
transmission electron microscopy. The similarities between the samples synthesized from …

Correlation between catalyst particle and single-walled carbon nanotube diameters

AG Nasibulin, PV Pikhitsa, H Jiang, EI Kauppinen - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesised at different conditions by a novel
aerosol method based on the introduction of pre-formed iron catalyst particles into …

[图书][B] Nanotubes and nanowires

CNR Rao, CNR Rao, A Govindaraj - 2011 - books.google.com
Research and literature on nanomaterials has exploded in volume in recent years.
Nanotubes (both of carbon and inorganic materials) can be made in a variety of ways. Many …