Encapsulation of palladium crystallites in carbon and the formation of wormlike nanostructures

Journal Article · Wed Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00080a056· OSTI ID:5183048

Wang, Y ^[1]

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1. DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE (United States)

This note reports the successful inclusion of cubic palladium crystals inside giant carbon clusters and the formation of novel wormlike carbon nanostructures (nanoworms). The head of the [open quotes]worm[close quotes] typically 20-50 nm in diameter, consists of palladium encapsulated in carbon, and the body of the [open quotes]worm[close quotes] several hundred nanometers in length, consists of many sections of carbon tubes with cone-shaped internal voids. The technique used to generate carbon-encapsulated palladium is the electric arc method. 17 refs., 3 figs.

• OSTI ID: 5183048
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Vol. 116:1, Issue 1; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
PALLADIUM
CARBON
ELECTRIC ARCS
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY SPECTRA
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