Physics and applications of aligned carbon nanotubes

Y Lan, Y Wang, ZF Ren - Advances in Physics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Ever since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by Iijima in 1991, there have been
extensive research efforts on their synthesis, physics, electronics, chemistry, and …

Synthesis of a closely packed carbon nanotube forest by a multi-step growth method using plasma-based chemical vapor deposition

Y Yamazaki, M Katagiri, N Sakuma… - Applied physics …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a synthesis of a closely packed multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) forest by
a multi-step growth method, including a new approach to immobilize catalytic nanoparticles …

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition growth of carbon nanotubes on different metal underlayers

MS Kabir, RE Morjan, OA Nerushev, P Lundgren… - …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
One important requirement for future applications of carbon nanotube electronic devices is
the ability to controllably grow carbon nanotubes on metal electrodes. Here we show that it …

Thermal conversion of ethanol into carbon nanotube coatings with adjusted packing density

HJ Basheer, K Baba, N Bahlawane - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ability to control the growth of carbon nanotube (CNT) coatings with adjusted packing
density is essential for the design of functional devices with an emphasized interaction with …

[PDF][PDF] Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition in an atmospheric-pressure microwave torch

L Zajíčková, O Jašek, M Eliáš, P Synek… - Pure and Applied …, 2010 - degruyter.com
There are many different techniques for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and
plasma technologies experience a significant competitor in thermal chemical vapor …

Thermal conductivity characterization of three dimensional carbon nanotube network using freestanding sensor-based 3ω technique

Q Kong, L Qiu, YD Lim, CW Tan, K Liang, C Lu… - Surface and Coatings …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel three-dimensional (3D) carbon nanotube (CNT) network, composed of vertically
aligned CNT array (primary CNT) bridged with randomly oriented secondary CNT, is …

Arrays of GaN nano-pillars fabricated by nickel nano-island mask

Z Lin, X Xiu, S Zhang, X Hua, Z Xie, R Zhang, P Han… - Materials Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Uniformly distributed GaN nano-pillars have been successfully fabricated by inductively
coupled plasma etching using self-organized Nickel nano-islands mask on GaN film. Ni …

Controlled growth of Fe catalyst film for synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by glancing angle deposition

H Liu, G Cheng, Y Zhao, R Zheng, C Liang… - Surface and Coatings …, 2006 - Elsevier
Ultra-thin (5 nm) Fe catalyst films were deposited by a metal vapor vacuum arc (MEVVA) ion
deposition system. The surface morphologies of the films were controlled by varying the …

Growth of well-aligned carbon nanotubes in a plasma system using ferrocene solution in ethanol

B Xu, T Li, X Liu, X Lin, J Li - Thin Solid Films, 2007 - Elsevier
A simple controllable method is introduced to resolve catalyst preparation problems, which
is capable of synthesizing well-aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from the ferrocene …

The evolution of carbon nanotubes during their growth by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

H Wang, ZF Ren - Nanotechnology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
During the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by plasma enhanced chemical vapor
deposition (PECVD), plasma etching is the crucial factor that determines the growth mode …