Surface Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes Uniformly Coated with Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Sahoo, Pathik; Shrestha, Rekha; Shrestha, Lok; Hill, Jonathan; Takei, Toshiaki; Ariga, Katsuhiko
- Source
- Journal of Inorganic & Organometallic Polymers & Materials. Nov2016, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p1301-1308. 8p.
- Subject
- *NANOSTRUCTURED materials synthesis
*NANOTUBES
*CARBON nanotubes
*NICKEL ferrite
*NANOCOMPOSITE materials
*MULTIWALLED carbon nanotubes
*HYDROTHERMAL synthesis
*COATING processes
*CARBOXYLATES
*SPINEL group
- Language
- ISSN
- 1574-1443
We report a facile non-templated hydrothermal synthesis method for the production of nickel ferrite (NiFeO)/carbon nanotube nanocomposite comprised of oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotube (o-MWCNT) uniformly coated with nanoparticles of NiFeO (1-5 nm). The carboxylate groups of the o-MWCNT coordinate the nanoparticles strongly at its surface, and the size of the NiFeO particles can be controlled by the subtle variation of reaction time and the quantity of o-MWCNT used. We believe that this method can be extended to allow the uniform coating of different spinel-type materials onto o-MWCNT and other nanocarbon materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]