Carbon nanotube mass production: principles and processes

Q Zhang, JQ Huang, MQ Zhao, WZ Qian… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our society requires new materials for a sustainable future, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
are among the most important advanced materials. This Review describes the state‐of‐the …

Materials made of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube forest

EG Rakov - Russian Chemical Reviews, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Publications concerning research on unique material made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
aligned perpendicular to the substrate surface, namely, CNT forest, are analyzed and …

Graphene carbon nanotube carpets grown using binary catalysts for high-performance lithium-ion capacitors

RV Salvatierra, D Zakhidov, J Sha, ND Kim, SK Lee… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Here we show that a versatile binary catalyst solution of Fe3O4/AlO x nanoparticles enables
homogeneous growth of single to few-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) carpets from three …

Closed-edged graphene nanoribbons from large-diameter collapsed nanotubes

C Zhang, K Bets, SS Lee, Z Sun, F Mirri, VL Colvin… - Acs Nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
The diameter dependence of the collapse of single-and double-walled carbon nanotubes to
two-and four-walled graphene nanoribbons with closed edges (CE x GNRs) has been …

The interaction of carboxylic acids with aluminium oxides: Journeying from a basic understanding of alumina nanoparticles to water treatment for industrial and …

AR Barron - Dalton Transactions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Carboxylic acids are found to react with aluminium oxides via a topotactic reaction such that
the carboxylate acts as a bridging ligand. This reaction allows for carboxylate-functionalized …

Spherical aluminum oxide nanoparticle synthesis and monolayer film assembly

A Hoque, A Ullah, P Joshi, BS Guiton… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Aluminum oxide is an important ceramic material for coatings and catalyst support for high-
temperature applications. In this work, spherical aluminum oxide (AlOx) nanoparticles (NPs) …

Enhanced growth of carbon nanotube bundles in a magnetically assisted fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition

GL Tian, JQ Huang, J Li, Q Zhang, F Wei - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
The efficient fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT) bundles is the prerequisite for their bulk
applications. However, the poor fluidization behavior of metal nanoparticle catalysts hinders …

SWCNT networks on nanoporous silica catalyst support: Morphological and connectivity control for nanoelectronic, gas-sensing, and biosensing devices

ZJ Han, H Mehdipour, X Li, J Shen, L Randeniya… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Effective control of morphology and electrical connectivity of networks of single-walled
carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by using rough, nanoporous silica supports of Fe catalyst …

Control over the diameter, length, and structure of carbon nanotube carpets using aluminum ferrite and iron oxide nanocrystals as catalyst precursors

SS Lee, C Zhang, ZA Lewicka, M Cho… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Both colloidal iron oxide and aluminum ferrite nanocrystals can initiate the growth of
vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) carpets through water-assisted chemical vapor …

One-pot preparation of iron/alumina catalyst for the efficient growth of vertically-aligned carbon nanotube forests

A Roussey, N Venier, H Fneich, L Giardella… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The catalytic growth of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs) forest usually
requires thin catalyst films deposited by multi-step and costly physical vapor deposition …