| The development of a highly efficient one-step technique was carried out to obtain long and aligned carbon nanotubes with or without Fe filling. The aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized by microwave (MW) irradiation heating from a ferrocene FeC10H10. In this research, Scanning Electron Micriscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are used to study the growth of aligned carbon nanotubes by microwave heating. As a contribution of this method, the aligned multi-layer carbon nanotubes were obtained. CNTs have a metal particle at the tip of each tube. This carbon nanostructure promises to become important in fuel cells and in nanoscale engineering of other systems in which electrical, mechanical, and chemical interactions are integrated to produce macroscale effects. The morphology of the carbon nanotubes was studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, and Transmission Electron Microscopy. Measurements of distinct angles, distances, and spaces between waves were made. |
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