title: In situ synthesis of horizontally aligned metal-boron alloy nanotubes on a silicon substrate with liquid crystal template.
abstract: In this paper, an interesting strategy has been described for the direct synthesis of parallel aligned metal-boron alloy nanotubes on silicon substrates, involving the use of lyotropic liquid crystal of non-ionic-anionic mixed surfactants. In particular, super-long, up to the scale of millimetres, nanotubes with well-controlled inner and outer diameters can be obtained. The current lyotropic liquid crystal template method could be used as an effective strategy for the in situ synthesis of aligned one-dimensional nanostructures with the wet chemical method. The results further prove the rolling-up mechanism for the formation of noncrystal metal-boron alloy nanotubes with a layered lyotropic liquid crystal precursor.
authors.affiliation: Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiangke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen