1. Growing carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- Author
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Lu Chang Qin, Dan Zhou, Dieter M. Gruen, and Alan R. Krauss
- Subjects
Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Hydrogen ,Inorganic chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Carbon nanotube ,Chemical vapor deposition ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect ,Methane ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Potential applications of carbon nanotubes ,law ,medicine ,Ferric ,Carbon nanotube supported catalyst ,Carbon ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A processing route has been developed to grow bundles of carbon nanotubes on substrates from methane and hydrogen mixtures by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, catalyzed by iron particles reduced from ferric nitrate. Growth takes place at about 900 °C leading to nanotubes with lengths of more than 20 μm and diameters on the nanometer scale.
- Published
- 1998