%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis of Carbon Nanocapsules and Nanotubes Using Fe-Doped Fullerene Nanowhiskers
%A Tokushi Kizuka
%A Kun'ichi Miyazawa
%A Daisuke Matsuura
%J Journal of Nanotechnology
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/613746
%X We synthesized iron-(Fe-)doped C60 nanowhiskers (NWs) by applying the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method that employs a C60-saturated toluene solution and a solution of 2-propanol containing ferric nitrate nonahydrate (Fe(NO3)3⋅9H2O). Fe particles of 3–7 nm in diameter were precipitated in the NWs. By heating at 1173 K, the NWs were transformed into hollow and Fe3C-encapsulated carbon nanocapsules and carbon nanotubes.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnt/2012/613746/