Monday, January 07, 2013

Synthesis of novel CoC x @C nanoparticles

Liliang Chen, Tsutomu Mashimo, Chihiro Iwamoto, Hiroki Okudera, Emil Omurzak, Hullathy Subban Ganapathy, Hirotaka Ihara, Jidong Zhang, Zhypargul Abdullaeva, Shintaro Takebe and Akira Yoshiasa



CoC x nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon shells were synthesized using a pulsed plasma in liquid ethanol. This is the first time that monolithic cubic phase cobalt carbide nanoparticles have been obtained. X-ray diffraction refinement of the nanoparticles showed that the lattice parameter of prepared cubic phase cobalt carbide is larger than that of CoC x (44-0962) and cubic phase Co (15-0806 and 01-1259). The x-ray absorption fine structure spectra near the Co K-edge of the synthesized sample indicated differences from commercial metallic cobalt and cobalt oxide samples. High resolution transmission electron microscopy revealed that a thin carbon coating covered the surface of the nanoparticles. These carbon layers might isolate core CoC x material from the outside environment, and allow functionalization by carboxyl groups for the further purpose of targeted drug delivery. The obtained CoC x @C particles, with...



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