ABSTRACT
In recent years there has been an enormous number of publications on carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis. Despite this information flow many challenges still need to be addressed. One such challenge is the production of large-scale and low-cost single-wall (SW) and multiwall (MW) carbon nanotubes. Another field of interest is the pursuit of controlled CNT growth in terms of selective deposition, orientation, and preselected metallic or semiconducting properties. Our understanding of the CNT growth mechanism has been rapidly evolving, but more consideration is still required to explain the variety of the observed growth features and experimental results. A significant amount of information covering these aspects of CNT research, along with other related topics, can be found in References 1-5.
