Govindaraj, A and Vivekchand, SRC and Rao, CNR (2007) Novel vapor phase reactions for the synthesis and modification of carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires. In: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7 (6). pp. 1695-1702.
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Several vapor phase methods have been developed for the preparation and modification of carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires. Thus, nebulized spray pyrolysis has been employed for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and metal nanowires. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with fairly uniform diameters and aligned nanotube bundles have been obtained by nebulized spray pyrolysis using solutions of organometallics such as ferrocene in hydrocarbon solvents. Single-crystalline nanowires of zinc, cadmium, cobalt, and lead are obtained by the decomposition of metal acetates. By reacting acid-treated carbon nanotubes with vapors of metal halides, followed by reaction with water and calcination chemically-bonded oxide layers can be obtained on the nanotubes. A similar procedure has been employed to prepare chemically-bonded oxide layers on $Al_2O_3$, ZnO, and silicon nanowires by the reaction of the metal halides with the surface hydroxyl groups present on these nanowire surfaces.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
| Publisher: | American Scientific Publishers |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to American Scientific Publishers. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2012 09:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/11640 |
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