Title :
Cockle (Anadara granosa) shells as substrate for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes
Author :
Hussein, Mohd Zobir ; Zakarya, Salwani Asyikin ; Zainal, Zulkamain ; Sarijo, Siti Halimab
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper, the synthesis of carbon nanotubes using cockle (Anadara granosa) shells as substrates were studied. FESEM and TEM were used to study the morphology and cross sectional shape of the CNTs.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; field emission electron microscopy; nanofabrication; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; Anadara granosa; C; FESEM; TEM; carbon nanotubes; cockle shells;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8853-7
DOI :
10.1109/ESCINANO.2010.5700969
