1. Room-Temperature Growth of Carbon Nanofibers
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Jeffery E. Raymond, Bradley D. Fahlman, Steven J. Rozeveld, Jonathan J. Brege, Geoffrey L. Williams, and Jason K. Vohs
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Materials science ,Amorphous carbon ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Carbon nanofiber ,Dendrimer ,Nanofiber ,Amidoamine ,Propyleneimine ,Macromolecule ,Catalysis - Abstract
We describe the growth of amorphous carbon nanofibers (CNFs) from iron-encapsulated dendrimer catalysts at ambient temperature and pressure conditions. Both fourth-generation poly (propyleneimine) (PPI) and poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers were suitable macromolecular hosts for the catalytic species. Average nanofiber diameters range from 10 - 15 nm, with lengths in excess of 20 microns.
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- 2005
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