Summary: © 2006 Nature Publishing Group
Direct growth of aligned carbon
nanotubes on bulk metals
S. TALAPATRA1,2
*, S. KAR1, S. K. PAL1, R. VAJTAI2, L. CI1, P. VICTOR1, M. M. SHAIJUMON1, S. KAUR1,
O. NALAMASU1
AND P. M. AJAYAN1,2
1
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180, USA
2
Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180, USA
*e-mail: talaps@rpi.edu
Published online: 22 October 2006; doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.56
There are several advantages of growing carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
directly on bulk metals, for example in the formation of robust
CNT­metal contacts during growth. Usually, aligned CNTs1­9
are
grown either by using thin catalyst layers predeposited on
substrates1­7
or through vapour-phase catalyst delivery7­9

Source: Ajayan, Pulickel M. - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University

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