title: Synthesis of bamboo-shaped carbon-nitrogen nanotubes using acetonitrile-ferrocene precursor.
abstract: We report the formation of bamboo-shaped carbon-nitrogen nanotubes by employing a simple, one-step and economically viable spray pyrolysis technique using new precursor; acetonitrile and ferrocene solution. By varying the concentration of ferrocene with respect to acetonitrile, it has been found that the optimum concentration of ferrocene in acetonitrile is 5 mg/ml. The special feature of the as-synthesized bamboo-shaped carbon-nitrogen nanotubes bundles is that they are produced in a high yield (1.25 gms/run). They also have long linear extents (approximately 430 microm) and are very clean. The average composition of carbon-nitrogen nanotubes comes out to be C26N.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005.
authors.forename: Ram Manohar
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Anchal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008422:Materials Testing; D000075163:Metallocenes; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D031787:Sasa; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D000075163:Metallocenes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen; C004998:ferrocene; C032159:acetonitrile