Levchenko, I. and Ostrikov, K. (2008) Plasma/ion-controlled metal catalyst saturation: Enabling simultaneous growth of carbon nanotube/nanocone arrays. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 92 (6).
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Abstract
It is shown that the simultaneous saturation of Ni nanoparticles used as catalyst for vertically aligned carbon nanotube and nanocone arrays can be improved in low-temperature plasma- or ion-assisted processes compared with neutral gas-based routes. The results of hybrid multiscale numerical simulations of the catalyst nanoarrays (particle sizes of 2 and 10 nm) saturation with carbon show the possibility of reducing the difference in catalyst incubation times for smallest and largest catalyst particles by up to a factor of 2. This approach is generic and provides process conditions for simultaneous nucleation and growth of uniform arrays of vertically aligned nanostructures. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Material Science > Functional and hybrid materials Material Science > Nanofabrication processes and tools Physical Science > Nano objects |
| ID Code: | 526 |
| Deposited By: | IoN |
| Deposited On: | 20 Jan 2009 11:43 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2009 16:35 |
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