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Single walled carbon nanotube growth and chirality dependence on catalyst composition
A. Orbaek,
A. Owens,
C. Crouse,
C. Pint,
R. Hauge,
A. Barron,
Alvin Orbaek White 
Nanoscale, Volume: 5, Issue: 20, Start page: 9848
Swansea University Author:
Alvin Orbaek White
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DOI (Published version): 10.1039/c3nr03142j
Abstract
Vertical arrays of single walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) were grown using bi-metallic nanoparticle pro-catalysts. Iron oxide particles were doped with varying quantities of first row transition metals (Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu) for a comparative study of the growth of nanotubes. VA-CNT samples were ve...
| Published in: | Nanoscale |
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| ISSN: | 2040-3364 2040-3372 |
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Royal Society of Chemistry ($lbrace$RSC$rbrace$)
2013
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32804 |
| Abstract: |
Vertical arrays of single walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) were grown using bi-metallic nanoparticle pro-catalysts. Iron oxide particles were doped with varying quantities of first row transition metals (Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu) for a comparative study of the growth of nanotubes. VA-CNT samples were verified using scanning electron microscopy, and characterized using resonance Raman spectroscopy. The length of the VA-CNTs is used as a measure of catalyst activity: the presence of dopants results in a change in the CNT length and length distribution. Cross correlation of the Raman spectra reveal variations in the distribution of radial breathing mode peaks according to the pro-catalyst composition. The formation of various chirality nanotubes is constant between repetitive runs with a particular catalyst, but may be controlled by the identity and concentration of the metal dopants within the iron catalyst. These results demonstrate that the composition of the catalyst is a major driving force toward type selective growth of nanotubes. |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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20 |
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9848 |