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3. Studying Nucleation Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes by Using In Situ TEM

Author : Dai-Ming Tang

Published in: In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotube Nucleation Mechanism and Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains

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Abstract

The electrical and optical properties of CNTs are strongly correlated with the structures. Therefore, one of the most important topics for CNTs research is the structure-controllable synthesis. The key is the understanding of the nucleation and growth mechanism. In this chapter, the nucleation mechanism is investigated by using the in situ TEM method.

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Metadata
Title
Studying Nucleation Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes by Using In Situ TEM
Author
Dai-Ming Tang
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Carbon Nanotube Nucleation Mechanism and Carbon Nanotube-Clamped Metal Atomic Chains

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-37258-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-37259-9

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37259-9_3

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