Analysis of the Continuous Feeding of Catalyst Particles during the Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Aerosol-Assisted CCVD
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Iron Content Distribution along the VACNTs
3.2. Results of the Sequential Synthesis: Bilayer Formation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Castro, C.; Fernández-Pacheco, R.; Pinault, M.; Stephan, O.; Reynaud, C.; Mayne-L’Hermite, M. Analysis of the Continuous Feeding of Catalyst Particles during the Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Aerosol-Assisted CCVD. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12030449
Castro C, Fernández-Pacheco R, Pinault M, Stephan O, Reynaud C, Mayne-L’Hermite M. Analysis of the Continuous Feeding of Catalyst Particles during the Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Aerosol-Assisted CCVD. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(3):449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12030449
Chicago/Turabian StyleCastro, Celia, Rodrigo Fernández-Pacheco, Mathieu Pinault, Odile Stephan, Cécile Reynaud, and Martine Mayne-L’Hermite. 2022. "Analysis of the Continuous Feeding of Catalyst Particles during the Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by Aerosol-Assisted CCVD" Nanomaterials 12, no. 3: 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12030449