Dendrimer-assisted low-temperature growth of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Author

• Placidus B. Amama, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Oluwaseyi Ogebule, Alabama A&M University
• Matthew R. Maschmann, Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Timothy D. Sands, Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Materials Engineering, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Timothy S. Fisher, Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue UniversityFollow

Abstract

Using a shielded growth approach and N2-annealed, nearly monodispersed Fe2O3 nanoparticles synthesized by interdendritic stabilization of Fe3+ species within fourth-generation poly(amidoamine) dendrimers, carbon nanotubes and nanofibers were successfully grown at low substrate temperatures (200-400 degreesC) by microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition.

Date of this Version

1-1-2006

Recommended Citation

Amama, Placidus B.; Ogebule, Oluwaseyi; Maschmann, Matthew R.; Sands, Timothy D.; and Fisher, Timothy S., "Dendrimer-assisted low-temperature growth of carbon nanotubes by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition" (2006). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 12.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanopub/12