Open AccessA low-temperature technique and new strategy for the dual growth of carbon nanotubes and nanorods through the confinement of explosive materials inside a porous structure
Author(s) -
Osama Saber,
Abdullah Aljaafari,
Adil Alshoaibi,
Aya Osama
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rsc advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.746
H-Index - 148
ISSN - 2046-2069
DOI - 10.1039/c9ra04532e
Subject(s) - nanorod , materials science , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , calcination , raman spectroscopy , boehmite , methanol , carbon fibers , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , explosive material , composite number , composite material , aluminium , catalysis , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering , physics , optics
In this paper, we report a low temperature technique and new strategy for the dual growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanorods (CNRs) with alumina nanoparticles to avoid the high temperature required for CNT and CNR production.