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Nanotube composites: novel SiO2 coated carbon nanotubes
T Seeger1, Th Köhler, Th Frauenheim
1Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Seestrasse 92 70174, Stuttgart, Germany.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|July 18, 2002
Abstract:
A novel route to nanocomposites consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) embedded in amorphous SiOx is reported; the material has been characterised by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS); for the first time, and based on our observations, we propose theoretical models accounting for stable SiOx/tube interfaces using density functional based tight binding (DFTB).