Synthesis of rigid and stable large-inner-diameter multiwalled carbon nanotubes†
Yulin Huang,Dionisios G. Vlachos,Jingguang G. Chen
RSC Advances Pub Date : 01/25/2012 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C2RA01334G
Abstract

Rigid large-inner-diameter (> 15.0 nm) multiwalled carbon nanotubes (LID-MWCNTs) were synthesized from cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and ammonium metatungstate, in which CTAB was converted to CNT structure and ammonium metatungstate was converted to WC nanoparticles inside of LID-MWCNTs.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of rigid and stable large-inner-diameter multiwalled carbon nanotubes