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Patterning Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles for Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Li Bing,
Goh Chin Foo,
Zhou Xiaozhu,
Lu Gang,
Tantang Hosea,
Chen Yanhong,
Xue Can,
Boey Freddy Y. C.,
Zhang Hua
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200802306
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , nanolithography , chemical vapor deposition , nanoparticle , catalysis , quartz , carbon nanotube supported catalyst , carbon fibers , metal , chemical engineering , carbon nanofiber , fabrication , composite material , metallurgy , organic chemistry , medicine , chemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , composite number , engineering
Single‐walled carbon‐nanotube (SWCNT) arrays are generated on catalyst patterns with controlled location, orientation, and spacing using a straightforward approach. Dip‐pen nanolithography is used to fabricate catalyst patterns with sub‐70 nm resolution, and SWCNTs are successfully grown on these patterns through chemical vapor deposition. The growth direction of the SWCNTs on quartz is controlled, and along the [100] crystallographic direction.