Vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth by pulsed laser deposition and thermal chemical vapor deposition methods

Jung Inn Sohn, Chunghee Nam, Seonghoon Lee

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Abstract

We have grown vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on the various substrates such as a planar p-type Si(1 0 0) wafer, porous Si wafer, SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 , Al 2 O 3 , and Cr by thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at 800 °C, using C 2 H 2 gas as a carbon source and Fe catalyst films deposited by a pulsed laser on the substrates. The Fe films were deposited for 5 min by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The advantage of Fe deposition by PLD over other deposition methods lies in the superior adhesion of Fe to a Si substrate due to high kinetic energies of the generated Fe species. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images show that vertically well-aligned carbon nanotubes are grown on Fe nanoparticles formed from the thermal annealing of the Fe film deposited by PLD on the various substrates. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images show that the Fe film annealed at 800 °C is broken to Fe nanoparticles of 10-50 nm in size. We show that the appropriate density of Fe nanoparticles formed from the thermal annealing of the film deposited by PLD is crucial in growing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Using a PLD and a lift-off method, we developed the selective growth of carbon nanotubes on a patterned Fe-coated Si substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)568-573
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume197-198
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
EventCola 2001 - Tsukuba, Japan
Duration: 1 Oct 20011 Oct 2001

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotube
  • CVD
  • Fe film
  • Lift-off
  • PLD

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