Catalytic chemical vapour deposition CCVD

Review on Catalytic Chemical Vapour Deposition (CCVD) Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and their Characterization... 

Mukhopadhyay K, Koshio A, Sugai T, Tanaka N, Shinohara H, Konya Z, et al. Bulk production of quasi-ahgned carbon nanotube bundles by the catalytic chemical vapour deposition (CCVD) method. Chem Phys Lett 1999 303 117-24. 

Since their discovery by Ijima in the early nineties as a byproduct of fullerene synthesis [1], carbon nanotubes have received a growing interest. A huge number of synthesis routes have been proposed, ranging from laser ablation of carbon target, catalytic chemical vapour deposition (CCVD), liquid phase synthesis, plasma methods, and so forth [2]. Also, a large variety of application niches have been identified that render nanotubes a promising material [3]. 

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