Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological and Ischemic Disorders Employing Carbon Nanotube Technology

Figure 1

Schematic representation of a chemical vapour deposition tube furnace with a nebulizer. A catalyst reacts with a precursor in the atomization chamber and the reactants are then carried into the high temperature furnace by argon gas. Nucleation sites are formed by the nanoparticles from the catalyst for the growth of carbon nanotubes from the carbon source acetylene. The evolved gases from the reaction are wiped out of the furnace by argon gas via the outlet. Adapted from Nunes and coworkers [13] with a permission from Elsevier.