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Selective growth of carbon nanotubes using catalyst poisoning and geometric trench

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This work suggests catalyst poisoning and geometric patterned approaches to selectively grow multiwall carbon nanotubes. Ferromagnetic particles as a catalyst for CNTs growth vanish when they are deposited over an aluminum thin film. Additionally, geometric features, such as trenches or cavities, are revealed to be capable of selectively ceasing the growth of CNTs even though catalytic thin films were covered on entire samples by an atmospheric thermal chemical vapor deposition technique.

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Chang, WT. Selective growth of carbon nanotubes using catalyst poisoning and geometric trench. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 21, 16–19 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-009-9862-y

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