Growth of aligned carbon nanotubes with controlled site density
- 27 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 80 (21) , 4018-4020
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1482790
Abstract
Pulse-current electrochemical deposition has been used to prepare Ni nanoparticles that are used as the catalysts for the growth of aligned carbon nanotubes. The nucleation site density of the Ni nanoparticles was controlled by changing the magnitude and duration of the pulse current. The aligned carbon nanotubes from the nickel nanoparticles were grown by plasma enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition. The site density of the aligned carbon nanotubes varied from 105 to 108 cm−2. The achievement of controlling the site density is significant for applications of carbon nanotubes as field emitters, nanoelectrodes array, etc.Keywords
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