Growing carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

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Lu‐Chang Qin · Argonne National Laboratory

D. M. Gruen · Argonne National Laboratory

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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.

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Carbon Nanotubes in Composites Graphene research and applications Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

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Published in: Applied Physics Letters

Volume 72, Issue 26, pp. 3437-3439

DOI: 10.1063/1.121658

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.44

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