Communication

Graphitic Nanocapsules

  1. Brett L. Allen1,2,
  2. Chad M. Shade1,
  3. Adrienne M. Yingling1,
  4. Stéphane Petoud1,
  5. Alexander Star1,2,*

Article first published online: 12 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200900851

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 21, Issue 46, pages 4692–4695, December 11, 2009

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How to Cite

Allen, B. L., Shade, C. M., Yingling, A. M., Petoud, S. and Star, A. (2009), Graphitic Nanocapsules. Adv. Mater., 21: 4692–4695. doi: 10.1002/adma.200900851

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (USA)

  2. 2

    The National Energy Technology Laboratory Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (USA)

*Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (USA).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 12 AUG 2009
  3. Manuscript Received: 10 APR 2009

Funded by

  • University of Pittsburgh
  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: DBI-0352346

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Keywords:

  • carbon nanostructures;
  • chemical vapor deposition;
  • drug delivery;
  • energy storage;
  • gold nanoparticles;
  • semiconductor nanocrystals
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Nitrogen-containing carbon nanotube cups are crosslinked with glutaraldehyde to form capsule-shaped nanostructures. Introduction of commercially available gold nanoparticles prior to the crosslinkage process results in their encapsulation within the interior cavity of the linked structures (see image). A similar encapsulation of ZnS:Tb nanoparticles shows the general applicability of the system. Such a facile protocol alludes to drug-delivery and energy-storage applications.

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