Nanocables Prepared from Polyamide 66 nanotubes Enveloping Pt nanowires by a Secondary-template Method

Selenium nanowires and nanotubes synthesized via a facile template-free solution method

Trigonal selenium (t-Se) nanowires and nanotubes were successfully prepared on a large scale via an environment-friendly synthetic process, inwhich no templates or surfactantswere employed. These t-Se nanowires having a width of 70–100 nm and length up to tens of micrometers were synthesized in absolute ethanol at room temperature, while t-Se nanotubes with outer diameter ranging from 180 to 35...

Thermosensitive Nanocables Prepared by Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Thermosensitive nanocables consisting of Au nanowire cores and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) sheaths (denoted as Au/PNIPAAm) were synthesized by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The formation of PNIPAAm sheath was verified by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H NMR) spectroscopy. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) re...

Selective synthesis of secondary amines from nitriles using Pt nanowires as a catalyst.

A new one-pot method has been developed for the selective synthesis of secondary amines via reductive amination of the corresponding nitriles using Pt nanowires as a catalyst. This method allows for the synthesis of both unsymmetrical and symmetrical secondary amines in excellent yields (up to 95%) in the presence or absence of additional amines, respectively. Furthermore, the reaction proceeds...

Fabrication of nanowires and nanotubes by anodic alumina template-assisted electrodeposition

Multiple Coaxial Carbon Nanotubes of Nitrogen-doped and Boron-doped Multiwalls Prepared by the Template Technique

Introduction With the miniaturization of silicon devices used as semi-conducting devices now appearing its limits, development of other kinds of devices in smaller size (nanodevices) become an urgent task for next generation of electronics devices. Low dimensional carbon materials, especially carbon nanotubes (CNTs), are believed to be one of the most potential candidates for silicon. Constitut...