Pt-Catalyzed Formation of Ni Nanoshells on Carbon Nanotubes

August 14, 2007 2007
Marek Grzelczak, Miguel A. Correa-Duarte, Verónica Salgueiriño-Maceira, Benito Rodríguez-González, José Rivas, and Luis M. Liz-Marzán
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 7026–7030

 

Full metal jacket: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used as templates to form well-defined anisotropic magnetic nanowires with ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature. Uniform assembly of catalytic Pt nanoparticles on the CNTs yields organic–inorganic hybrid composites that serve as 1D substrates for the preparation of magnetic CNT-supported Ni/NiO nanotubes (see picture).