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Noncrystalline Metal–Boron Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic‐Hydrogenation Properties
Author(s) -
Zhu Yan,
Liu Fuping,
Ding Weiping,
Guo Xuefeng,
Chen Yi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602610
Subject(s) - catalysis , boron , materials science , metal , characterization (materials science) , chemical engineering , nanotube , nanoparticle , diffraction , nanotechnology , pulmonary surfactant , electron diffraction , carbon nanotube , organic chemistry , chemistry , metallurgy , optics , engineering , physics
It's all in the mix : A mixed‐surfactant‐templated synthesis gives noncrystalline metal–boron nanotubes (see picture: TEM image of Fe–B nanotubes; inset: the corresponding selected‐area electron diffraction pattern) from simple starting materials under mild conditions. These nanotubes show better catalytic activity for the hydrogenation of m ‐nitrotoluene to m‐ toluidine than the corresponding nanoparticles.