Nanotube composites: novel SiO2 coated carbon nanotubes

T. Seeger; Th. Köhler; Th. Frauenheim; N. Grobert; M. Rühle; M. Terrones; G. Seifert

doi:10.1039/B109441F

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Nanotube composites: novel SiO₂ coated carbon nanotubes†

T. Seeger,^a Th. Köhler,^b Th. Frauenheim,^b N. Grobert,^c M. Rühle,^a M. Terrones*^cd and G. Seifert^b

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^a Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Seestraße 92, Stuttgart, Germany

^b Theoretische Physik, Universität-GH Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

^c School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
E-mail: mterrones@ipicyt.edu.mx

^d IPICYT, Av. Venustiano Carranza 2425-A, Col. Bellas Lomas, San Luis Potosí, México

Abstract

A novel route to nanocomposites consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) embedded in amorphous SiO_x is reported; the material has been characterised by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS); for the first time, and based on our observations, we propose theoretical models acounting for stable SiO_x/tube interfaces using density functional based tight binding (DFTB).

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TGA studies, SEM image of an MWMT/SiO _x composite after TEM measurement, and mechanical properties DOC (147K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B109441F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 16 Oct 2001
Accepted: 12 Nov 2001
First published: 04 Dec 2001

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Chem. Commun., 2002, 34-35

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T. Seeger, Th. Köhler, Th. Frauenheim, N. Grobert, M. Rühle, M. Terrones and G. Seifert, Chem. Commun., 2002, 34 DOI: 10.1039/B109441F

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