Transformation of ionic liquid into carbon nanotubes in confined nanospace

Shimou Chen; Hong En Lim; Yasumitsu Miyata; Ryo Kitaura; Yoshio Bando; Dmitri Golberg; Hisanori Shinohara

doi:10.1039/c1cc14154f

Transformation of ionic liquid into carbon nanotubes in confined nanospace

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Oct 7;47(37):10368-70. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14154f. Epub 2011 Aug 16.

Authors

Shimou Chen¹, Hong En Lim, Yasumitsu Miyata, Ryo Kitaura, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Hisanori Shinohara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.

PMID: 21847468
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc14154f

Abstract

We have developed a two-step filling process for the nano-reaction of ionic liquid in a tip-closed SWNT, where fullerenes are inserted at the end of the host SWNT as a plug to prevent the leakage of the confined ionic liquid during heat treatment.