The well aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays were synthesized by injecting the acetonitrile-ferrocene solution at regular intervals of time. The carbon nanotube arrays were deposited on quartz substrate which is placed at the centre of the CVD reactor in quartz tube. The injection method in chemical vapor deposition allows-excellent control of the catalyst to carbon ratio which facilitates the better growth of aligned carbon nanotubes. The effect of various reaction parameters such as growth temperature, catalyst concentration, gas flow rate, growth time and substrate surface on growth of carbon nanotubes have been studied. It was observed that the diameter of carbon nanotubes increases with increase in catalyst concentration and temperature of the synthesis. The SEM analysis reveals that the average growth rate of carbon nanotube film synthesis was about 1.1 microm/min when the synthesis time was one hour.

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