Hollow nanoparticle nanotubes with a nanoscale brick wall structure of clay mineral platelets

Robin H A Ras; Teemu Ruotsalainen; Katri Laurikainen; Markus B Linder; Olli Ikkala

doi:10.1039/b616548f

Hollow nanoparticle nanotubes with a nanoscale brick wall structure of clay mineral platelets

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Apr 7:(13):1366-8. doi: 10.1039/b616548f. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Authors

Robin H A Ras¹, Teemu Ruotsalainen, Katri Laurikainen, Markus B Linder, Olli Ikkala

Affiliation

¹ Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics and Center for New Materials, P.O. Box 2200, FIN-02015 Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. robin.ras@tkk.fi

PMID: 17377684
DOI: 10.1039/b616548f

Abstract

Long hollow inorganic nanoparticle nanotubes have been synthesized by templating of block copolymer electrospun fibers with clay mineral platelets followed by interlinking of the platelets using condensation reactions.

MeSH terms

Aluminum Silicates / chemistry*
Clay
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Minerals / chemistry*
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Nanotubes / chemistry*

Substances

Aluminum Silicates
Minerals
Clay