METAL-BILLED AND HOLLOW CARBON NANOTUBES OBTAINED BY THE DECOMPOSITION OF METAL-CONTAINING FREE PRECURSOR MOLECULES

Authors
SEN R GOVINDARAJ A RAO CNR
Citation
R. Sen et al., METAL-BILLED AND HOLLOW CARBON NANOTUBES OBTAINED BY THE DECOMPOSITION OF METAL-CONTAINING FREE PRECURSOR MOLECULES, Chemistry of materials, 9(10), 1997, pp. 2078-2081
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Material Science
Journal title
Chemistry of materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
08974756
Volume
9
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2078 - 2081
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-4756(1997)9:10<2078:MAHCNO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Vapor-phase pyrolysis of Fe(CO)(5) in the presence of another carbon s ource such as CO or Ca He yields iron-filled or hollow nanotubes depen ding on the relative concentration of the carbon source. Essentially s ingle-walled nanotubes are obtained when the C6H6/Fe(CO)(5) ratio is h igh. Pyrolysis of metallocenes yields metal-filled nanotubes and hollo w nanotubes are obtained when metallocenes are pyrolyzed along with be nzene. Metal-decorated nanotubes are also obtained by this method.