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Filling Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Metal Chloride and Metal Nanowires and Imaging with Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Satishkumar B. Chikkannanavar ,
Andreas Taubert  and
David E. Luzzi
Satishkumar B. Chikkannanavar
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Research on Structure of Matter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, USA
Andreas Taubert
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Research on Structure of Matter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, USA
David E. Luzzi
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Research on Structure of Matter, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272, USA
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Abstract

Nanowires of magnetic metals (Ho, Gd) have been synthesized inside the hollow interior of single wall carbon nanotubes by the sealed-tube reaction. Amongst the d- and f-series metal chlorides investigated in this study, HoCl3 and GdCl3 fill the SWNTs to a significantly higher extent than FeCl2 and CoCl2. HoCl3 and GdCl3 nanowires have been transformed into the respective metal nanowires via the reduction of the chloride nanowires. The nanowires have been imaged using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy carried out in conjunction with STEM confirmed the presence of metal chloride and metal nanowires.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 706: Symposium Z – Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes , 2001 , Z6.23.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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