Patterned Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Pre-patterned Iron/Silica Substrates Prepared by Sol−Gel and Shadow Masking

• DOI: 10.1021/jp026850d
• Publication Date: 2003-02-06T06:10:14Z
• Authors: Zhengwei Pan; Haoguo Zhu; Zongtao Zhang; Hee-jung Im; Sheng Dai; David B. Beach; Douglas H. Lowndes
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

The sol−gel technique has been used to prepare film-like iron/silica substrates for the large-scale growth of highly aligned carbon nanotubes. Here, we show that by using transmission electron micr...