A Simple and Novel Way to Synthesize Aligned Nanotube Bundles at Low Temperature
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 37 (10B), L1257-1259
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.37.l1257
Abstract
Large scale quantities of quasi-aligned carbon nanotube bundles have been synthesized by catalytic decomposition of acetylene over well dispersed metal particles (cobalt and vanadium) embedded in commercially available zeolite at 700°C. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed the homogenous nature of the sample while transmission electron microscopy studies revealed the perfect graphitization as well as the inner and outer diameters of the tubes.Keywords
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