A novel nanostructure of nickel nanotubes encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

Jianchun Bao; Keyu Wang; Zheng Xu; Hong Zhang; Zuhong Lu

doi:10.1039/b208539a

A novel nanostructure of nickel nanotubes encapsulated in carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Jan 21:(2):208-9. doi: 10.1039/b208539a.

Authors

Jianchun Bao¹, Keyu Wang, Zheng Xu, Hong Zhang, Zuhong Lu

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093, China.

PMID: 12585394
DOI: 10.1039/b208539a

Abstract

A novel nanostructure of Ni nanotubes encapsulated in carbon nanotubes has been obtained via the pyrolysis of C2H2 on an array of Ni nanotubes in an alumina membrane support and a possible mechanism has been proposed.