scholarly journals A Facile Strategy for the Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanotubes with Pd Nanoparticles

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Yuanlie Yu ◽  
Hua Chen ◽  
Yun Liu

A facilein situfabrication of palladium nanoparticles decorated boron nitride nanotubes (Pd-BNNTs) is described. The decoration of BNNTs was carried out by the self-regulated reduction of palladium chloride (PdCl2) with the aid of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). During the preparation process, the surfactant SDS plays a dual role: it aids the dispersibility of BNNTs and produces the reductant of CH3(CH2)10CH2OH. Then the CH3(CH2)10CH2OH can reduce Pd2+to form Pd nanoparticles on the surface of BNNSs. The as-prepared Pd-BNNTs were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results show that the Pd nanocrystalline particles can be deposited onto the BNNTs surfaceviathis simple route. This approach constitutes a basis for the assembly and integration of nanoscale materials onto BNNTs and puts a light on the potential application of the BNNTs in electronic, catalysis, and hydrogen storage fields.

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunyi Zhi ◽  
Yoshio Bando ◽  
Guozhen Shen ◽  
Chengchun Tang ◽  
Dmitri Golberg

Adopting a wet chemistry method, Au and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were functionalized on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) successfully for the first time. X-ray diffraction pattern and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the resultant products. Subsequently, a method was proposed to fabricate heterojunction structures based on the particle-functionalized BNNTs. As a demonstration, BNNT-carbon nanostructure, BNNT-ZnO and BNNT-Ga2O3 junctions were successfully fabricated using the functionalized particles as catalysts.


2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-Qiang Bai ◽  
Lu Jiang ◽  
Sheng-Li Huang ◽  
Ming Lin ◽  
Shuang-Yuan Zhang ◽  
...  

Composite Pd/Fe3O4 (1) was designed and synthesised by immobilization of tridentate pincer ligands with triethoxysilane groups on Fe3O4 nanoparticles, PdII complexation, and in-situ reduction process. The composite was characterised by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis. The composite featured Pd nanoparticles of ~2–4 nm, exhibited good thermal stability and hydrophilic property as well as excellent catalytic activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol in water.


Nano Letters ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 4974-4980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Dai-Ming Tang ◽  
Masanori Mitome ◽  
Yoshio Bando ◽  
Takayoshi Sasaki ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1580-1581
Author(s):  
A. Asthana ◽  
B. Hao ◽  
Y. Yap ◽  
R. Yassar

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, July 29 – August 2, 2012.


Clay Minerals ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Khormali ◽  
A. Abtahi ◽  
H. R. Owliaie

AbstractClay minerals of calcareous sedimentary rocks of southern Iran, part of the old Tethys area, were investigated in order to determine their origin and distribution, and to reconstruct the palaeoclimate of the area. Chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and thin-section studies were performed on the 16 major sedimentary rocks of the Fars and Kuhgiluyeh Boyerahmad Provinces.Kaolinite, smectite, chlorite, illite, palygorskite and illite-smectite interstratified minerals were detected in the rocks studied. The results revealed that detrital input is possibly the main source of kaolinite, smectite, chlorite and illite, whilein situneoformation during the Tertiary shallow saline and alkaline environment could be the dominant cause of palygorskite occurrences in the sedimentary rocks.The presence of a large amount of kaolinite in the Lower Cretaceous sediments and the absence or rare occurrence of chlorite, smectite, palygorskite and illite are in accordance with the warm and humid climate of that period. Smaller amounts of kaolinite and the occurrence of smectite in Upper Cretaceous sediments indicate the gradual shift from warm and humid to more seasonal climate. The occurrence of palygorskite and smectite and the disappearance of kaolinite in the late Palaeocene sediments indicate the increase in aridity which has probably continued to the present time.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
pp. 20867-20880 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Bock ◽  
Christopher J. Pelliccione ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Janis Timoshenko ◽  
K. W. Knehr ◽  
...  

Crystal and atomic structural changes of Fe3O4upon electrochemical (de)lithiation were determined.


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