简介:Ironcatalystnanoparticleswerepreparedonsiliconwafersbyspin-coatingcolloidalsolutionscontainingironnitrate,polyethyleneglycol(PEG)andabsoluteethanol.Theeffectsofvariousspin-coatingconditionswereinvestigated.Thefindingsshowedthatthesizeoftheironparticleswasgovernedbythecompositionofthecolloidalsolutionusedandthatahighangularspeedwasresponsiblefortheformationofathincolloidalfilm.Theeffectofangularaccelerationonthesizeanddistributionoftheironparticleswerefoundtobeinsignificant.Itwasobservedthatalongerspin-coatingdurationprovokedtheagglomerationofironparticles,leadingtotheformationoflargeparticles.Wealsoshowedthatsingle-walledcarbonnanotubescouldbegrownfromthesmallestironcatalystnanoparticlesafterthechemicalvapordepositionofmethane.