Karmakar, Sukanta and Sharma, Surinder M. and Teredesai, P. V. and Sood, A. K. (2004) Pressure-induced phase transitions in iron-filled carbon nanotubes: X-ray diffraction studies. Physical Review B, 69 (16). p. 165414. ISSN 1098-0121
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Abstract
High-pressure x-ray-diffraction studies have been carried out upto 20 GPa on iron-filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). The pressure dependence of the intertubular spacing d0 of the filled MWNTs shows a sharp change at 9 GPa which is not observed in pristine MWNTs. The iron present as nanowires inside the MWNT is in the form of α-Fe and Fe3C. Both of these phases show higher compressibility than their bulk form. Most interestingly, the structural modification of MWNTs at 9 GPa coincides with an iso-structural phase transition in the encapsulated Fe3C, in sharp contrast to the absence of a transition in the bulk Fe3C upto 70 GPa.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Material Science > Functional and hybrid materials Physical Science > Nanophysics Physical Science > Nano objects Material Science > Nanochemistry Material Science > Nanostructured materials |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Physics Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| ID Code: | 4378 |
| Deposited By: | JNCASR |
| Deposited On: | 02 Apr 2009 12:32 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2009 12:32 |
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