Carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials: critical advances and challenges for synthesis toward mainstream commercial applications

R Rao, CL Pint, AE Islam, RS Weatherup, S Hofmann… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we …

Properties, synthesis, and growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes with special focus on thermal chemical vapor deposition

GD Nessim - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively investigated in the last decade because
their superior properties could benefit many applications. However, CNTs have not yet made …

Characterization of surface processes at the Ni-based catalyst during the methanation of biomass-derived synthesis gas: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

I Czekaj, F Loviat, F Raimondi, J Wambach… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2007 - Elsevier
Surface modifications during the production of methane from reformer synthesis gas over a
commercial Ni/Al2O3 catalyst were investigated by quasi-in situ X-ray photoelectron …

Mapping the parameter space for direct-spun carbon nanotube aerogels

L Weller, FR Smail, JA Elliott, AH Windle, AM Boies… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Industrial-scale use of carbon nanotube (CNT) materials and prototype development is
limited by the availability of economic, high-throughput production methods. Recent …

Floating catalyst chemical vapour deposition (FCCVD) for direct spinning of CNT aerogel: A review

M Sehrawat, M Rani, S Sharma, S Bharadwaj… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite significant progress in understanding the floating catalyst chemical vapour
deposition (FCCVD) process, for the production of various carbon nanotube (CNT) …

Rapid growth and flow-mediated nucleation of millimeter-scale aligned carbon nanotube structures from a thin-film catalyst

AJ Hart, AH Slocum - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006 - ACS Publications
We discuss the rapid growth of films and lithographically templated microstructures of
vertically aligned small-diameter multiwalled carbon nanotubes (VA-MWNTs), by …

Collective mechanism for the evolution and self-termination of vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth

M Bedewy, ER Meshot, H Guo… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We explain the evolution and termination of vertically aligned carbon nanotube
(CNT)“forests” by a collective mechanism, which is verified by temporal measurements of …

Ultra-long carbon nanotube forest via in situ supplements of iron and aluminum vapor sources

H Sugime, T Sato, R Nakagawa, T Hayashi, Y Inoue… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
A carbon nanotube forest with a length of 14 cm grew with an average growth rate of 1.5 μm
s− 1 and a growth lifetime of 26 h. Several key factors to realize this unprecedented long …

Growth of carbon nanotube forests on flexible metal substrates: Advances, challenges, and applications

K Moyer-Vanderburgh, SJ Park, F Fornasiero - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to their remarkable properties and ordered architecture, vertically aligned CNT forests
(VACNT) hold promises for countless applications ranging from energy storage to …

Optoelectronic Properties of Single‐Wall Carbon Nanotubes

S Nanot, EH Hároz, JH Kim, RH Hauge… - Advanced …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), with their uniquely simple crystal structures and
chirality‐dependent electronic and vibrational states, provide an ideal laboratory for the …