Issue 37, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Transformation of ionic liquid into carbon nanotubes in confined nanospace†

Shimou Chen,a   Hong En Lim,a   Yasumitsu Miyata,a   Ryo Kitaura,a   Yoshio Bando,b   Dmitri Golbergb  and  Hisanori Shinohara*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: noris@nagoya-u.jp

b International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 3050044, Tsukuba, Japan

Abstract

We have developed a two-step filling process for the nano-reaction of ionic liquid in a tip-closed SWNT, where fullerenes are inserted at the end of the host SWNT as a plug to prevent the leakage of the confined ionic liquid during heat treatment.

Graphical abstract: Transformation of ionic liquid into carbon nanotubes in confined nanospace

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC14154F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 júl. 2011
Accepted
01 ágú. 2011
First published
16 ágú. 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10368-10370

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Transformation of ionic liquid into carbon nanotubes in confined nanospace

S. Chen, H. E. Lim, Y. Miyata, R. Kitaura, Y. Bando, D. Golberg and H. Shinohara, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10368 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14154F

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