Title
In situ monitoring of single-wall carbon nanotube laser assisted growth
Author
Haluška, M.
Bellouard, Y.
van de Burgt, Y.
Dietzel, A.H.
Publication year
2010
Abstract
Laser assisted catalytic chemical vapor deposition has recently emerged as an attractive method for locally growing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in a cold wall reactor. So far, reported laser assisted CNT growth has been carried out without insitu process monitoring. This has made it difficult to control the growth process and limits the applicability of the method. Using a set of photodetectors with different spectral responses, we show that one can identify characteristic regimes of laser assisted CNT growth. More specifically, key process steps like catalyst activation, growth of CNTs, and amorphous carbon deposition are identified. Furthermore, the method allows optimization of growth conditions with respect to the quality of the growth products. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Subject
Mechatronics, Mechanics & Materials
HOL - Holst
TS - Technical Sciences
Physics
Industrial Innovation
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TNO identifier
279958
ISSN
0957-4484
Source
Nanotechnology, 21 (7)
Article number
No.: 075602
Document type
article