title: Fabrication and characterization of ultralong Ag/C nanocables, carbonaceous nanotubes, and chainlike beta-Ag2Se nanorods inside carbonaceous nanotubes.
abstract: A novel complex-assisted hydrothermal route is presented to fabricate ultralong Ag/C nanocables with length ranging from 100 to 180 microm on a large scale, based on the reaction of sulfamic acid silver and salicylic acid. By chemical etching of these Ag/C nanocables, high-quality carbonaceous nanotubes can be obtained at room temperature. Using the as-prepared Ag/C nanocables as templates, a new strategy for introducing guest materials into hollow nanotubes is addressed. We take Ag(2)Se as an example and validate the feasibility of this strategy. All of the products are characterized in detail by multiform techniques: X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform IR, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-resolution TEM. The formation mechanisms of these products are tentatively proposed.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dekun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guangcheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Junhao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yitai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian