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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
An efficient carbon precursor for gas phase growth of SWCNTs
Bikau Shukla1, Takeshi Saito, Motoo Yumura
1Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan.
Abstract:
The sp(2) C(2) species, C(2)H(3)/C(2)H(4), has been found as a key precursor for the efficient growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from hydrocarbons.

