TY - JOUR
T1 - Using carbon nanotubes for the synthesis of transition metal carbide nanoparticles
AU - Fukunaga, A.
AU - Chu, S.
AU - McHenry, M. E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Hyperion Catalysis International, Cambridge, MA, USA, who provided the carbon multilayer nanotubes used in this work. We appreciate the valuable comments of Dr. D. E. Laughlin and Dr. G. S. Rohrer. We would like to thank Mr. K. Ozawa of Nippon Oil Company for the HRSEM observation. S.C. and M.E.M. thank the NSF for support through NYI award DMR-9258450 and award DMR-95000313.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Nanoparticles of TiC, NbC and TaC were synthesized by a solid-state reaction using carbon nanotubes. The resulting materials were structurally analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM). The nanoparticles were found to be spherical, and faceted structures were observed. The spheres for TiC, NbC and TaC were 100 nm in diameter. The faceted faces and crystal sizes were different up to the transition metals. The faceted structure of NbC was much larger than the spheres. In the case of TaC, {111} faces could be observed.
AB - Nanoparticles of TiC, NbC and TaC were synthesized by a solid-state reaction using carbon nanotubes. The resulting materials were structurally analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM). The nanoparticles were found to be spherical, and faceted structures were observed. The spheres for TiC, NbC and TaC were 100 nm in diameter. The faceted faces and crystal sizes were different up to the transition metals. The faceted structure of NbC was much larger than the spheres. In the case of TaC, {111} faces could be observed.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1006621826293
DO - 10.1023/A:1006621826293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033097016
SN - 0261-8028
VL - 18
SP - 431
EP - 433
JO - Journal of Materials Science Letters
JF - Journal of Materials Science Letters
IS - 6
ER -