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CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURE, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Composites of Carbon Nanotubes/Fe Nanoparticle

Xu Mei-Hua et al 2009 Chinese Phys. Lett. 26 116103 (4pp)   doi: 10.1088/0256-307X/26/11/116103  Help

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Xu Mei-Hua1,2, Qi Xiao-Si1, Zhong Wei1, Ye Xiao-Juan1, Deng Yu1, Au Chaktong3, Jin Chang-Qing1, Yang Zai-Xing1 and Du You-Wei1
1 National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093
2 Department of Applied Physics, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009
3 Chemistry Department, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
E-mail: wzhong@nju.edu.cn (Zhong Wei)

Abstract. Magnetic composites of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are synthesized by the in situ catalytic decomposition of benzene at temperatures as low as 400°C over Fe nanoparticles (mean grain size = 26 nm) produced by sol-gel fabrication and hydrogen reduction. The yield of CNT composite is up to about 3025% in a run of 6 h. FESEM and HRTEM investigations reveal that one-dimensional carbon species are produced in a large quantity. A relatively high value of magnetization is observed for the composite due to the encapsulation of ferromagnetic Fe3C and/or α-Fe. The method is suitable for the mass-production of CNT composites that contain magnetic nanoparticles.

PACS numbers: 61.46.Fg, 68.37.Ma, 68.37.Og

Print publication: Issue 11 (November 2009)
Received 5 May 2009

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