@article{9e0563a7621549cb8c4fff0113416b40,
title = "Encapsluation of Co and Pd multi-metal nanowires inside multiwalled carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition",
abstract = "We report the synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) encapsulated with Co/Pd magnetic and nonmagnetic multi-metal nanowires using Co and Pd thin-layers deposited on Si substrate by microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using a bias-enhanced growth method. Detailed structural and compositional investigations of these metal nanowires inside MWCNTs were carried out by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to elucidate the growth mechanisms. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy revealed that MWCNTs were encapsulated with Co and Pd nanowires, separately, at the tube top and the bottom of Co nanowire, respectively. The face-centered-cubic (fcc) structure of Co nanowires was confirmed by a selected area diffraction pattern. We proposed a fruitful description for the encapsulating mechanisms of both Co and Pd multi-metal nanowires.",
author = "Yasuhiko Hayashi and T. Fujita and T. Tokunaga and K. Kaneko and T. Butler and N. Rupesinghe and Carey, {J. D.} and Silva, {S. R.P.} and Amaratunga, {G. A.J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partly supported by the “Nanotechnology Support Project” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, carried out at the Research Laboratory of High Voltage Electron Microscopy at Kyushu University. This work was also partly supported by a Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (Houga-16651065) from MEXT. This study was also supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for the award of Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad. We acknowledge the use of facilities in the John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy at Arizona State University. The authors are thankful to Profs. T. Soga and T. Jimbo.",
year = "2007",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.diamond.2006.11.039",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "1200--1203",
journal = "Diamond and Related Materials",
issn = "0925-9635",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "4-7 SPEC. ISS.",
}