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Using carbon nanotubes as nanobarriers, the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on a quartz surface can be terminated. First, carbon nanotube nanobarriers were grown on a quartz surface by the gas flow-directed growth mode. Then, the SWNTs were grown on the quartz surface via the lattice-oriented growth mode, in which growth of SWNTs can be terminated by hitting the nanotube nanobarriers. Moreover, using the carbon nanotube nanobarrier as a marker, the mechanism of the growth of SWNTs on the quartz surface can be studied; a base-growth mechanism is indicated. Based on this termination process and the base-growth mechanism, SWNT arrays with controlled lengths can be grown on a quartz surface by fixing the sites of both catalysts and nanobarriers.
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Feng, C., Yao, Y., Zhang, J. et al. Nanobarrier-terminated growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes on quartz surfaces. Nano Res. 2, 768–773 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-009-9054-3
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