Fabrication of high-aspect-ratio Prussian blue nanotubes using a porous alumina template

Nano Lett. 2005 Aug;5(8):1603-6. doi: 10.1021/nl050964u.

Abstract

Prussian blue nanotubes were fabricated by using a sequential deposition technique inside the 60-nm well-ordered pores of anodic alumina. By varying the deposition parameters and the dimensions of the template, we could tailor the length and the outer as well as the inner diameter of the tubes. The nanotubes were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide / analysis
  • Aluminum Oxide / chemistry*
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Ferrocyanides / analysis
  • Ferrocyanides / chemistry*
  • Materials Testing
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Nanotubes / analysis
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes / ultrastructure*
  • Particle Size
  • Porosity

Substances

  • Ferrocyanides
  • Aluminum Oxide
  • ferric ferrocyanide