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Improved growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by mechanical activation

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Straught aligned carbon nanotubes with multiwalled cylindrical structure have been produced by pyrolysis of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) after ball milling treatment. The pre-ball milling treatment prevented the formation of curved nanotubes with bamboo or conelike structures. X-ray diffraction analysisrevealed that the milled FePc has an activated and disordered structure, which contributes a lower vaporization temperature determined by thermal gravimetric analysis. The low formation temperature and an increased nanotube growth rate are favorable to the formation of cylindrical structure than bamboo tubes.

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Chen, Y., Chadderton, L.T. Improved growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by mechanical activation. Journal of Materials Research 19, 2791–2794 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2004.0398

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