Tungsten disulphide sheathed carbon nanotubes

R L Whitby; W K Hsu; C B Boothroyd; P K Fearon; H W Kroto; D R Walton

doi:10.1002/1439-7641(20011015)2:10<620::AID-CPHC620>3.0.CO;2-2

Tungsten disulphide sheathed carbon nanotubes

Chemphyschem. 2001 Oct 15;2(10):620-3. doi: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011015)2:10<620::AID-CPHC620>3.0.CO;2-2.

Authors

R L Whitby¹, W K Hsu, C B Boothroyd, P K Fearon, H W Kroto, D R Walton

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

PMID: 23686882
DOI: 10.1002/1439-7641(20011015)2:10<620::AID-CPHC620>3.0.CO;2-2

Abstract

An insulated nanotube wire is formed by the binary phase of layered tungsten disulphide and carbon nanotubes (shown in the HRTEM image) generated by the sulphidization of tungsten oxide coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes at 900 °C. Thermogravimetric analysis shows that the tungsten disulphide coat acts as an antioxidant.