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- ItemStudies towards synthesis, evolution and alignment characteristics of dense, millimeter long multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays(Frankfurt, M. : Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften, 2011) Mahanandia, P.; Schneider, J.J.; Engel, M.; Stühn, B.; Subramanyam, S.V.; Nanda, K.K.We report the synthesis of aligned arrays of millimeter long carbon nanotubes (CNTs), from benzene and ferrocene as the molecular precursor and catalyst respectively, by a one-step chemical vapor deposition technique. The length of the grown CNTs depends on the reaction temperature and increases from ~85 μm to ~1.4 mm when the synthesis temperature is raised from 650 to 1100°C, while the tube diameter is almost independent of the preparation temperature and is ~80 nm. The parallel arrangement of the CNTs, as well as their tube diameter can be verified spectroscopically by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies. Based on electron diffraction scattering (EDS) studies of the top and the base of the CNT films, a root growth process can be deduced.