Research Article
Effect of Source, Surfactant, and Deposition Process on Electronic Properties of Nanotube Arrays
Table 1
Nanotube sources and their properties.
| | Company | Synthetic process used | Avg. diameter as reported by provider |
| | CNI/Unidym | HiPCO | 0.81–0.85 nm | | SouthWest Nanotechnologies | CoMoCAT | 0.8–1 nm | | Carbon Solutions | Arc discharge | 1–1.4 nm | | Las Alamos (semi-enriched) | HiPCO | 0.81–0.85 nm | | Cheap Tubes | CVD | 1-2 nm | | Nanointegris (semienriched, 90%) | Arc discharge | 1.2 –1.6 nm |
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