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Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 255 - 257, DOI: 10.1039/b918505d

Synthesis of monodispersed nanoparticles functionalized carbon nanotubes in plasma-ionic liquid interfacial fields

Kazuhiko Baba, Toshiro Kaneko, Rikizo Hatakeyama, Kenichi Motomiya and Kazuyuki Tohji

Metal nanoparticles intercalated into and encapsulated inside single-walled (SWNTs) and double-walled (DWNTs) carbon nanotubes are synthesized using a plasma technique combined with the introduction of ionic liquids under low gas pressures. Owing to the synthesis in nano-spaces of the SWNTs and DWNTs as a template, high-density and monodispersed metal nanoparticles are realized, which could be applied to specific composite-nanodevices based on carbon nanotubes.

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