AVS 49th International Symposium
    Nanotubes: Science and Applications Topical Conference Monday Sessions

Session NT-MoM
Nanotubes: Growth and Characterization

Monday, November 4, 2002, 8:20 am, Room C-209
Moderator: S.B. Sinnott, University of Florida


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8:20am NT-MoM1 Invited Paper
Synthesis and Applications of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers
V.I. Merkulov, A.V. Melechko, M.A. Guillorn, D.K. Hensley, D.H. Lowndes, M.L. Simpson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
9:00am NT-MoM3
Facilitating Single-wall Nanotube Formation by Plasma Excitation
B. Simard, C.T. Kingston, S. Denommee, D. Ruth, National Research Council Canada
9:20am NT-MoM4
Directed Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Anodized Aluminum Surfaces
J.D. Whittaker, M. Housley, W. Wilson, R.C. Davis, Brigham Young University
9:40am NT-MoM5
A Novel CVD Method for Large-scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
B. Simard, S. Denommee, Z. Yang, D. Ruth, C.T. Kingston, National Research Council of Canada, N. Braidy, G. Botton, McMaster University, Canada
10:00am NT-MoM6
Preparation, Chemical and Physical Properties of Large Area Free-Standing Carbon Nanofilms
M.M. Kappes, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
10:20am NT-MoM7
Growth of Aligned Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes from Patterned Catalyst Particles
M.J. Bronikowski, D.S. Choi, M.E. Hoenk, R.S. Kowalczyk, F. Noca, M.E. Taylor, R.M. Williams, E.W. Wong, B.D. Hunt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:40am NT-MoM8
Carbon Nanotube Growth for Nanomechanical Devices
M.E. Hoenk, R.S. Kowalczyk, M.J. Bronikowski, E.W. Wong, D.S. Choi, F. Noca, R.M. Williams, M.E. Taylor, B.D. Hunt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
11:00am NT-MoM9
High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Catalyst Metal Particle at the Tip of Carbon Nanotube
T. Ikuno, S. Takahashi, K. Kamada, S. Ohkura, M. Katayama, T. Hirao, K. Oura, Osaka University, Japan
11:20am NT-MoM10
Nitrogenated Carbon Nanostructures Grown by Microwave Induced Hot-filament CVD Techniques
D. Sarangi, A. Karimi, FSB-IPMC, EPFL, Switzerland