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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
A route to rapid carbon nanotube growth
Huarong Nie1, Mengmeng Cui, Thomas P Russell
1Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Abstract:
CNTs were synthesized in 15-20 seconds by a single carbon fiber initiating the pyrolysis of ferrocene under microwave field without any other chemicals. The growth of CNTs can also be triggered by other carbonaceous materials and influenced by their configurations.

