Applications of nanocomposites

  • B. Cantor
  • , C. M. Allen
  • , R. Dunin-Burkowski
  • , M. H. Green
  • , J. L. Hutchinson
  • , K. A.Q. O'Reilly
  • , A. K. Petford-Long
  • , Peter Schumacher
  • , J. Sloan
  • , P. J. Warren

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes can be filled with different materials leading to one-dimensional crystallization of salts within the confining nanotube walls. The typical nanotube internal diameter is -1nm. Twisted chains of CdCl2, a polyhedral chain structure with unusual cation coordination, were found. A high pressure rocksalt structure in halides such as CsCl, and tetragonal distortions in halides such as KI were also observed. Image reconstruction generated phase images with aberration corrected atomic positions to better than 0.01 nm accuracy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2055-2059
Number of pages5
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume44.2001
Issue number8-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Devitrified amorphous alloys
  • Grain refiners
  • Magnetic multilayers
  • Secondary phases

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