Session: Chemistry and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles


FUEL		Wednesday, 13 September 2006

9:00 AM-11:50 AM Palace -- Napa Room, Oral
Chemistry and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles
Synthesis and Catalytic Effects
Organizers:	Bhabendra K. Pradhan Hiroaki Hatori Jieshan Qiu
9:00 AM	175	Searching for the ideal catalyst features for the growth of carbon single-walled nanotubes Avetik R Harutyunyan, Elena Mora, Toshio Tokune, Kim Bolton, Stefano Curtarolo
9:30 AM	176	Low temperature growth of highly purified single-walled carbon nanotubes using lithographic catalysts by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Wanjun Park, Un Jeong Kim, Yo-Sep MIn, Eun Ju Bae
10:00 AM	177	Effect of Mo on the catalytic activity of Fe catalyst for the growth of carbon single-walled nanotubes Elena Mora, Toshio Tokune, Avetik R Harutyunyan
10:20 AM	178	Nickel mobilization from single-wall nanotubes and its potential implications for cell toxicity Xinyuan Liu, Agnes B. Kane, Robert H. Hurt
10:40 AM		Intermission
10:50 AM	179	Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes with catalytic activity towards ORR for fuel cell Junbing Yang, Di-Jia Liu
11:10 AM	180	Novel carbon nanostructures by liquid crystal filling of carbon nanotubes and ultrafine alumina cavities Kengqing Jian, Gregory P. Crawford, Robert H. Hurt
11:30 AM	181	Synthesis of a hydrogen storage composite consisting of an inter-metallic alloy, carbon nanotubes and palladium Patrick Ndungu, Nkele Onyegubule, Alexander Nechaev, Vladimir Linkov

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