Synthesis of monodispersed nanoparticles functionalized carbon nanotubes in plasma-ionic liquid interfacial fields.
Metal nanoparticles intercalated into and encapsulated inside single-walled (SWNTs) and double-walled (DWNTs) carbon nanotubes are synthesized using a plasma technique combined with the introduction of ionic liquids under low gas pressures. Owing to the synthesis in nano-spaces of the SWNTs and DWNTs as a template, high-density and monodispersed metal nanoparticles are realized, which could be applied to specific composite-nanodevices based on carbon nanotubes.
Baba
Kazuhiko
K
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
Kaneko
Toshiro
T
Hatakeyama
Rikizo
R
Motomiya
Kenichi
K
Tohji
Kazuyuki
K