Evaluation of the optimal carrier gas flow rate for the carbon nanotubes growth

Arrays of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized in a gas-phase flow reactor by thermal decomposition of reaction mixture (2% solution of ferrocene in toluene) on the surface of silicon substrates heated to 800$^\circ$C. Variation of the height of the CNT array as a function of position of the substrate in the reactor and carrier gas flow rate was registered. The difference in the obtained dependences and temperature distribution in the reactor points to the necessity of taking into account the change in the concentration of the active carbon component in the gas mixture. An expression associating the parameters of synthesis and thickness of the CNT array being formed on the substrate is offered.