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Vapor–Liquid–Solid (VLS) Growth of NiCl 2 Nanotubes via Reactive Gas Laser Ablation
Author(s) -
Rosenfeld Hacohen Y.,
PopovitzBiro R.,
Grunbaum E.,
Prior Y.,
Tenne R.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20020805)14:15<1075::aid-adma1075>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - materials science , laser ablation , fullerene , ablation , nanotechnology , laser , nanoparticle , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , laser ablation synthesis in solution , optics , organic chemistry , laser power scaling , x ray laser , physics , engineering , aerospace engineering , chemistry
Active laser ablation has been used for the synthesis of NiCl 2 nanotubes and fullerene‐like nanoparticles (see Figure). Spectroscopic measurements on the structures showed that the NiCl 2 layers in the nanotubes were quite perfectly crystalline. The growth is thought to occur via a vapor–liquid–solid mechanism through which many different, surprising shapes have been obtained.