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Role of Water in Super Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Carpets
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, Seung Min Kim
, Eric A. Stach, P. Terry Murray¶, Robert H. Hauge and Benji Maruyama*†Air Force Research Laboratory.
, ‡Universal Technology Corporation.
, §Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University.
, Department of Chemistry, Rice University.
, School of Materials Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University.
, ¶UDRI, University of Dayton.
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The Ostwald ripening behavior of Fe catalyst films deposited on thin alumina supporting layers is demonstrated as a function of thermal annealing in H2 and H2/H2O. The addition of H2O in super growth of single-walled carbon nanotube carpets is observed to inhibit Ostwald ripening due to the ability of oxygen and hydroxyl species to reduce diffusion rates of catalyst atoms. This work shows the impact of typical carpet growth environments on catalyst film evolution and the role Ostwald ripening may play in the termination of carpet growth.
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- Published In Issue January 14, 2009
- Article ASAPDecember 01, 2008
- Received: June 28, 2008
Revised: October 27, 2008
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