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Nano-octopus: A new form of branching carbon nanofiber

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Title Nano-octopus: A new form of branching carbon nanofiber
 
Creator PRADHAN, D
SHARON, M
KUMAR, M
ANDO, Y
 
Subject room-temperature
nanotubes
camphor
camphor
branched nanofibers
cvd
ni : cu alloy
 
Description A new multibranched octopus-type structure of carbon nanofibers is synthesized from a natural precursor, camphor, by a thermal chemical vapor deposition technique. An alloy of Cu:Ni catalyst is prepared by electrochemically coating nickel on a copper sheet, with nickel sulfate as an electrolyte, and heating that nickel-coated copper sheet to a higher temperature. Deposition of carbon on these substrates leads to the formation of a branched nanostructure in the temperature range of 923 K to 1023 K. The fiber diameter increases from 30 nm to 250 nm with increasing pyrolysis temperature. Detailed morphology and the internal structure of these fibers are studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
 
Publisher AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
 
Date 2011-07-17T03:05:01Z
2011-12-26T12:50:05Z
2011-12-27T05:36:03Z
2011-07-17T03:05:01Z
2011-12-26T12:50:05Z
2011-12-27T05:36:03Z
2003
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 3(3), 215-217
1533-4880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2003.176
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4601
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4601
 
Language en