Jun, 2012
Fabrication of novel core-shell microspheres consisting of single-walled carbon nanotubes and CaCO3 through biomimetic mineralization
POLYMER JOURNAL
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- Volume
- 44
- Number
- 6
- First page
- 620
- Last page
- 624
- Language
- English
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- DOI
- 10.1038/pj.2012.36
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- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the presence of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) /fullerodendron supramolecular nanocomposites was crystallized with a CO2 diffusion method under ambient conditions and in aqueous environments to produce monodisperse spherical SWCNT/CaCO3 hybrids with a core-shell structure. The crystals nucleate at the carboxyl groups on the surface of the SWCNT/fullerodendron supramolecular nanocomposites grow around a spherical scaffold consisting of the SWCNTs, and finally form spherical calcite crystals embedded with and covered by the SWCNTs. Owing to of the phase transition from vaterite to calcite through a solvent-mediated process, the morphology of the microspheres is unique; the shell is primarily composed of calcite crystals of CaCO3, and a greater amount of SWCNTs is embedded in the core moiety. Polymer Journal (2012) 44, 620-624; doi:10.1038/pj.2012.36; published online 18 April 2012
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- DOI : 10.1038/pj.2012.36
- ISSN : 0032-3896
- eISSN : 1349-0540
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000304969500022