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General Rules Governing the Highly Efficient Growth of Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Futaba Don N.,
Goto Jundai,
Yasuda Satoshi,
Yamada Takeo,
Yumura Motoo,
Hata Kenji
Publication year - 2009
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.200901257
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , key (lock) , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , materials science , computer science , composite number , composite material , computer security
The key to highly efficient growth of carbon nanotubes includes two essential ingredients in the growth ambient: a carbon source that does not contain oxygen and a minute quantity of a secondary gas, which does contain oxygen, that acts as a growth enhancer. These and other general rules governing the growth of carbon nanotubes and the fundamental reasons from which they arise are presented.