Satishkumar, B. C. and Govindaraj, A and Rao, C. N. R. (1999) Bundles of aligned carbon nanotubes obtained by the pyrolysis of ferrocene–hydrocarbon mixtures: role of the metal nanoparticles produced in situ. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 307 (3-4). pp. 158-162.
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Abstract
Aligned nanotube bundles have been produced by the pyrolysis of ferrocene along with methane, acetylene or butane. Ferrocene–acetylene mixtures are found to be ideal for the production of compact aligned nanotube bundles. The nanotube bundles are associated with iron nanoparticles of diameters in the range 2–13 nm. These nanoparticles are ferromagnetic, showing low saturation magnetization compared to bulk iron. The ferromagnetism of the transition metal nanoparticles is likely to be responsible for the alignment of the nanotubes
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Material Science > Nanochemistry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 4201 |
| Deposited By: | JNCASR |
| Deposited On: | 03 Apr 2009 05:28 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2009 12:21 |
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