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Indium‐Assisted Growth of Aligned Ultra‐Long Silica Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Li Y.,
Bando Y.,
Golberg D.
Publication year - 2004
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/adma.200305732
Subject(s) - materials science , indium , nanotube , transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , carbon nanotube , optoelectronics , engineering
Well‐aligned silica nanotubes with lengths up to 0.9–1.0 mm have been prepared via a vapor–liquid–solid process. The nanotubes are either partially filled with indium or hollow (see Figure). The thermal expansion behavior of a liquid indium column inside a silica nanotube, a prospective novel inorganic nanotube‐based nanothermometer, is analyzed in a transmission electron microscope.