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ASM Science Journal, Volume 7(1), 2013ACKNOWLEDGEMENTWe would like to express our gratitude to the Ministry ofHigher Education (MOHE) for the Fundamental ResearchGrant Scheme (FRGS) 78543, the Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation of Malaysia for the NationalScience Fellowship, and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM) for the support.Date of submission: May 2011Date of acceptance: September 2012REFERENCESAnne-Claire, D 2005, 'The catalyst in the CCVD of carbonnanotubes-a review', Progress in Materials Science, vol.50, pp. 929–961.Chai, SP, Zein, SHS & Mohamed, AR 2007, 'Synthesizingcarbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers over supportednickeloxide catalysts via catalytic decomposition ofmethane', Diamond & Related Materials, vol. 16, pp.1656–1664.Chambers, A, Park, C, Baker, RTK & Rodriguez, NM 1998,'Hydrogen storage in graphite nanofibers', J. Phys. Chem.B., vol. 102, pp. 4253–6.Chen, B & Wu, P 2005, 'Aligned carbon nanotubes bycatalytic decomposition of C 2 H 2 over Ni-Cr Alloy', Carbon,vol. 43, pp. 3172–3177.Cui, Y, Wu, X, Wu, H, Tian, Y & Chen, Y 2008, 'Optimizationof synthesis condition for carbon nanotubes by chemicalvapor deposition on Fe-Ni-Mo/MgO catalyst', MaterialsLetter, vol. 62, pp. 3878–3880.Frackowiak, E & Beguin, F 2001, 'Carbon materials for theelectrochemical storage of energy in capacitors', Carbon,vol. 39, pp. 937–50.Lacerda, RG, Teh, AS, Yang, MH, Teo, KBK, Rupesinghe, NL,Dalal, SH, Koziol, KKK, Roy, D, Amaratunga, GAJ, Milne,WI, Chhowalla, M, Hasko, DG, Wyczisk, F & Legagneux,P 2004, 'Growth of high-quality single-wall carbonnanotubes without amorphous carbon formation', Appl.Phys. Lett., vol. 84. pp. 269.Li, N, Wang, X, Ren, F, Haller, GL, Pfefferle, LD 2009, 'Diametertuning of single-walled carbon nanotubes with reactiontemperature using a co monometallic catalyst', Journal ofPhysical Chemistry C, vol. 113, no. 23, pp. 10070–10078.Ni, L, Kuroda, K, Zhou, LP, Kizuka T, Ohta K, Matsuishi K& Nakamura, J 2006, 'Kinetic study of carbon nanotubesynthesis over Mo/Co/MgO catalysts', Carbon, vol. 44, pp.2265–2272.Nyamori, VO, Mhlanga, SD, Coville, NJ 2008, 'The useof organometallic transition metal complexes in thesynthesis of shaped carbon nanomaterials', Journal ofOrganometallic Chemistry, vol. 693, pp. 2205–2222.Philippe, R, Caussat, B, Falqui, A, Kihn, Y, Kalck, P, Bordere,S, Plee, D, Gaillard, P, Bernard, D & Serp, P 2009,'An original growth mode of MWCNTs on aluminasupported iron catalysts', Journal of Catalysis, vol. 263,pp. 345–358.Ryu, H, Singh, BK & Bartwal, KS 2008, 'Synthesis andOptimization of MWCNTs on Co-Ni/MgO by ThermalCVD H', Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, ArticleID 971457, 1–6.Sakata, Y, Nobukini, S, Kikumoto, E, Tanaka, K, Imamura,H & Tsuchiya, S 1999, 'Preparation and catalyticproperty of a copper-lanthanide oxide binary system forhydrogenation reaction', Journal of Molecular CatalysisA: Chemical, vol. 141, pp. 269–276.Singh, V, Diaz, R, Balani, K, Agarwak, A & Seal, S 2009,'Chromium carbide CNT composites with enhancedmechanical properties', Acta Mater., vol. 57, pp. 335–44.Tibbetts, GG, Meisner, GP & Olk, CH 2001, 'Hydrogenstorage capacity of carbon nanotubes, filaments, andvapor-grown fibers', Carbon, vol. 39, pp. 2291–2301.Wang, H & Moore, JJ 2012, 'Low temperature growthmechanisms of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers andnanotubes by radio frequency-plasma enhanced chemicalvapor deposition', Carbon, vol. 50, pp. 1235–1242.6