We have fabricated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using a catalyzed growth technique that we call the carbon transmission method (CTM). We could control independently functions for carbon source gas supply and CNT growth by using a foil barrier (Ag) penetrated by pure Fe fibers. CNTs grew on one end of the Fe fibers, formed from diffused carbon that originates in carbon source gas at the other end of the fibers. Long CNTs with length over 100 µm were obtained on the end of the Fe fibers in the carbon transmitted side.
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