Inorganic nanotubes

Eder, D., Carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrids. Chemical Reviews, 2010.110(3) p. 1348-1385. 

Li, X., et al., Noncovatent assembly of carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrids. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011. 21(21) p. 7527-7547. 

Krissanasaeranee, M., et al., Complex carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrid materials as next-generation photocatalysts. Chemical Physics Letters, 2010. 496(1-3) p. 133-138. 

Neocleus, S., et al., Hierarchical carbon nanotube-inorganic hybrid structures involving CNT arrays and CNT fibers. Functional Materials Letters, 2011. 4(1) p. 83-89. 

Eder, D., Carbon Nanotube-Inorganic Hybrids. Chem. Rev. 2010,110 1348-1385. 

The characteristics of ECPs can be significantly increased by the formation of composites between ECPs and other materials, for example, carbon (including carbon nanotubes), inorganic oxides and hydroxides, and other metal compounds. Examples of some such composites and their electrochemical characteristics are given in Table 28.4. Such electrodes can be used to manufacture symmetrical devices (type I or type in) of the same positive and negative electrodes. Composite materials... 

Naffakh, M., Diez-Pascual, A. and Gomez-Fatou, M. (2011), New hybrid nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes, inorganic fullerene-like WS2 nanoparticles and poly(ether ether ketone) (peek) . Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 7425-7433. 

Biocomaptibility is another important issue to be addressed. The electrically, magnetically functional carbon nanotubes, inorganic nanoparticles and nanowires present the most existing nanomaterials, but may suffer from the poor biocompatibiHty. If so, can these materials be modified while retaining the expected properties or new nanomaterials be developed to be used in vivo ... 

Gindulyte, A. Lipscomb, W.N. Massa, L. (1998). Proposed Boron Nanotubes. Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 37, No. 25, (December 1998), pp. 6544-6545, ISSN 0020-1669 Gindulyte, A. Krishnamachari, N. Lipscomb, W.N. Massa, L. (1998). Quantum Chemical Calculations of Propwsed Multicage Boron Fullerenes. Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 37, No. 25, (December 1998), pp. 6546-6548, ISSN 0020-1669 Golberg, D. Bando, Y. Sato, T. Grobert, N. Reyes-Reyes, M. Terrones, H. Terrones, M. 

The use of FOSS polyhedra as models for silica surfaces or as secondary building units in inorganic materials such as zeolites or other porous solids is likely to increase rapidly as more is understood about the mechanisms by which the polyhedra may be constructed. It will be of particular interest to see if the larger structures such as TeoHeo or T240H240 or their derivatives (Section VII.C) and analogous to carbon structures such as Cgo or nanotubes, can be prepared. 

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a set of materials with different structures and properties. They are among the most important materials of modern nanoscience and nanotechnology field. They combine inorganic, organic, bio-organic, coUoidal, and polymeric chemistry and are chemically inert. They are insoluble in any solvent and their chemistry is in a key position toward interdisciphnary applications, for example, use as supports for catalysts and catalytic membranes [20, 21]. 

Let us note in addition that the layered sulfides M0S2 and WS2 have been found to form nanotubes and other fullerene-type structures, on account of their highly folded and distorted nature that favors the formation of rag and tubular structures. Such materials have been synthesized by a variety of methods [78] and exhibit morphologies, which were described as inorganic fiillerenes (IF), single sheets, folded sheets, nanocrystals, and nested IFs (also known as onion crystals or Russian dolls ). 

Porous Membranes of Nanoparticies from Templating Against AAO Membranes Using LB Technique. AAO-porous substrate has broad applications in making metal and semiconductor nanowires, aligned mesostructured nanorods, inorganic nanotubes. 

R. Tenne, Advances in the synthesis of inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42 (2003) 5124. 

Carbon nanotubes are also of considerable interest with regard to both reinforcement and possible increases in electrical conductivity [237-239]. There is considerable interest in characterizing the flexibility of these nanotube structures, in minimizing their tendencies to aggregate, and in maximizing their miscibilities with organic and inorganic polymers. 

Chen, J. and F. Wu, Review of hydrogen storage in inorganic fullerene-like nanotubes. Appl. Phys. A, 78, 989-994, 2004. 

The approaches used for preparation of inorganic nanomaterials can be divided into two broad categories solution-phase colloidal synthesis and gas-phase synthesis. Metal and semiconductor nanoparticles are usually synthesized via solution-phase colloidal techniques,4,913 whereas high-temperature gas-phase processes like chemical vapor deposition (CVD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and vapor transfer are widely used for synthesis of high-quality semiconductor nanowires and carbon nanotubes.6,7 Such division reflects only the current research bias, as promising routes to metallic nanoparticles are also available based on vapor condensation14 and colloidal syntheses of high-quality semiconductor nanowires.15... 

Figure 14.9. Schematic of a solution-grown nanorod/nanotube array (e.g., ZnO), which can be coupled with a light absorbing polymer to produce a functional organic-inorganic photovoltaic device. 

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