TY - JOUR
T1 - Assembly of carbide nanostructures at low temperature
AU - Shen, Guozhen
AU - Tang, Kaibin
AU - Qian, Yitai
AU - Chen, Di
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We have developed a simple and efficient technique for the assembly of carbide nanostructures at low temperature, such as SiC, TiC, ZrC, B 4C, Mo2C nanowires, hollow nanospheres, nanocables, or nanoparticles. The morphology can be efficiently assembled by verifying the experimental parameters, such as reaction temperature, source materials, or using catalyst. The growth of carbide hollow nanospheres (SiC, TiC, ZrC) may be explained by the template-confined effect of the intermediate carbon hollow spheres, while the growth of SiC nanowires and nanocables are controlled by the VLS mechanism and TiC, ZrC nanowires by the template-confined effect of the intermediate carbon nanotubes.
AB - We have developed a simple and efficient technique for the assembly of carbide nanostructures at low temperature, such as SiC, TiC, ZrC, B 4C, Mo2C nanowires, hollow nanospheres, nanocables, or nanoparticles. The morphology can be efficiently assembled by verifying the experimental parameters, such as reaction temperature, source materials, or using catalyst. The growth of carbide hollow nanospheres (SiC, TiC, ZrC) may be explained by the template-confined effect of the intermediate carbon hollow spheres, while the growth of SiC nanowires and nanocables are controlled by the VLS mechanism and TiC, ZrC nanowires by the template-confined effect of the intermediate carbon nanotubes.
KW - Carbide
KW - Hollow nanospheres
KW - Nanocables
KW - Nanowires
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3843082803&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJNT.2004.004916
DO - 10.1504/IJNT.2004.004916
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3843082803
SN - 1475-7435
VL - 1
SP - 366
EP - 378
JO - International Journal of Nanotechnology
JF - International Journal of Nanotechnology
IS - 3
ER -