title: Nanostructures on surfaces of the metalorganic compound {Fe2(CO)6[µ-S2C6H2(OH)2]} and its potential as catalyst precursor for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes.
abstract: The compound {Fe(2)(CO)(6)[µ-S(2)C(6)H(2)(OH)(2)]} is organized by H-bond interactions on graphite and SiO(2) surfaces as micron-length nanofibres. Thermal degradation of these fibres adsorbed on SiO(2) leads to a very homogeneous surface filled with Fe(2)O(3) nanoparticles (ca. 2.5 nm diameter) suitable to produce few-walled carbon nanotubes laying on a clean surface.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, E-28049, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: González-Prieto
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Nievas
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernández-Vindel
authors.forename: Óscar
authors.initials: Ó
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamora