Poptube approach for ultrafast carbon nanotube growth

Zhen Liu; Jialai Wang; Vinod Kushvaha; Selcuk Poyraz; Hareesh Tippur; Seongyong Park; Moon Kim; Yang Liu; Johannes Bar; Hang Chen; Xinyu Zhang

doi:10.1039/C1CC13359D

Poptube approach for ultrafast carbon nanotube growth†

Zhen Liu,^a Jialai Wang,^b Vinod Kushvaha,^c Selcuk Poyraz,^a Hareesh Tippur,^c Seongyong Park,^d Moon Kim,^d Yang Liu,^a Johannes Bar,^a Hang Chen^e and Xinyu Zhang*^a

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^a Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, USA
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^b Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, USA

^d Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

^e Nanotechnology Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Abstract

Microwave irradiation can be used to heat conductive materials and metallocene precursors to initiate ultrafast CNT growth. It takes only 15–30 seconds to grow CNTs at room temperature in air, without the need for any inert gas protection and additional feed stock gases.

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Poptube approach for ultrafast carbon nanotube growth†

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