Abstract
The crystallographic structure and orientation of iron nanoparticles present in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was studied when iron was used as a catalyst. It was found that while most of the nanoparticles encapsulated inside the CNTs had the expected α–Fe (body-centered-cubic) phase, a significant number of them formed and retained the γ–Fe (face-centered-cubic) phase that is not the normal bulk phase at room temperature (nor even expected to form at the growth temperature used). It was also found iron particles at the tips of the nanotubes were either α–Fe or cementite (Fe3C). On the basis of these observations and thermodynamics, a mechanism for the formation of these particles and insights into CNT growth is proposed.
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Created | 17 years, 6 months ago (March 5, 2008, 9:46 p.m.) |
Deposited | 4 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 24, 2021, 3:13 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year ago (Aug. 12, 2024, 12:35 p.m.) |
Issued | 22 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2003) |
Published | 22 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2003) |
Published Online | 14 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 31, 2011) |
Published Print | 22 years, 4 months ago (May 1, 2003) |
@article{Kim_2003, title={Observation and formation mechanism of stable face-centered-cubic Fe nanorods in carbon nanotubes}, volume={18}, ISSN={2044-5326}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2003.0152}, DOI={10.1557/jmr.2003.0152}, number={5}, journal={Journal of Materials Research}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Kim, Hansoo and Kaufman, Michael J. and Sigmund, Wolfgang M and Jacques, David and Andrews, Rodney}, year={2003}, month=may, pages={1104–1108} }