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Grafting Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Polystyrene to Enable Self-Assembly and Anisotropic Patchiness
Published on: April 1, 2018
Self-aligned growth of carbon nanosticks
D Kölbl1, J Ebbecke, A Heinrich
1Experimentalphysik I, Institut für Physik der Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86135 Augsburg, Germany.
Abstract:
Pulsed laser deposition of carbon on LiNbO(3) as substrate material leads for certain process parameters to the growth of self-aligned carbon stick-like nanoparticles (so called nanosticks). The carbon nanosticks and the growth conditions were investigated in detail by means of atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and conductivity measurements. A model for the growth mechanism is presented on the basis of the experimental investigations.
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