TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion flame synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes
AU - Vander Wal, Randall L.
AU - Ticich, Thomas M.
AU - Curtis, Valerie E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was administered through NASA cooperative agreement NAC3-544 with The National Center for Microgravity Research on Fluids and Combustion for a NASA NRA combustion award (RVW). Prof. Ticich and Ms. Curtis acknowledge support through the Ohio Aerospace Institute Collaborative Aerospace program for visiting summer faculty and accompany students. The authors gratefully acknowledge David R. Hull for the TEM imaging.
PY - 2000/6/16
Y1 - 2000/6/16
N2 - Flame synthesis is demonstrated for the synthesis of single-wall nanotubes via a simple laboratory-scale diffusion flame. Results using different hydrocarbon reagents, the effects of dilution with an inert, the role of hydrogen and processes likely accountable for the deactivation of the catalyst particles are illustrated and discussed. Finally, a plot of the integrated residence time-temperature history of a fluid parcel along the flame axis indicates carbon nanotube growth occurring within 20 ms, thus demonstrating the great potential of flame synthesis for large-scale commercial production of nanotubes.
AB - Flame synthesis is demonstrated for the synthesis of single-wall nanotubes via a simple laboratory-scale diffusion flame. Results using different hydrocarbon reagents, the effects of dilution with an inert, the role of hydrogen and processes likely accountable for the deactivation of the catalyst particles are illustrated and discussed. Finally, a plot of the integrated residence time-temperature history of a fluid parcel along the flame axis indicates carbon nanotube growth occurring within 20 ms, thus demonstrating the great potential of flame synthesis for large-scale commercial production of nanotubes.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00522-4
DO - 10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00522-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037913754
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 323
SP - 217
EP - 223
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 3-4
ER -