Issue 15, 2003
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Chemical Communications

New nanotube synthesis strategy – application of sodium nanotubes formed inside anodic aluminium oxide as a reactive template

Lung-Shen Wang,a   Chi-Young Lee*b  and  Hsin-Tien Chiu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30050 (R. O. C.)
E-mail: htchiu@cc.nctu.edu.tw
Fax: 886-3-5723764
Tel: 886-3-5731514

b Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan, 30043 (R. O. C.)

Abstract

Formation of Na nanotubes inside the channels of anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) membranes has been achieved by decomposing NaH thermally on AAO. The as-produced material, Na@AAO, is applied as a reactive template to prepare other tubular materials. Reacting Na@AAO with gaseous C6Cl6 generates carbon nanotubes (ca. 250 nm, wall thickness of 20 nm, tube length of 60 µm) inside the AAO channels. Highly aligned bundles of nearly amorphous carbon nanotubes are isolated after AAO is removed.

Graphical abstract: New nanotube synthesis strategy – application of sodium nanotubes formed inside anodic aluminium oxide as a reactive template

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B305610D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 May 2003
Accepted
21 Jun 2003
First published
01 Jul 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 1964-1965

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