Growing carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

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Qin, LC
Zhou, D
Krauss, AR
Gruen, DM
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[1] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Chem, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
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10.1063/1.121658
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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 degrees C leading to nanotubes with lengths of more than 20 mu m and diameters on the nanometer scale. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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