Issue 30, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Water-dispersible “carbon nanopods” with controllable graphene layer orientation†

Li-Xiang Li,*ab   Bai-Gang An,ab   Hirotomo Nishihara,a   Toshifumi Shiroya,c   Hiroyuki Aikyo,c   Tatsushi Isojima,c   Masaki Yamamotoc  and  Takashi Kyotani*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
E-mail: kyotani@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
Fax: +81 22 217 5626
Tel: +81 22 217 5627

b School of Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, 185 Qianshan Zhong Road, Anshan 114051, China
E-mail: lxli2005@126.com

c Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center, Inc. 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-8502, Japan

Abstract

A pod-like form of a hollow nanocarbon “carbon nanopod” with controllable graphene layer orientation and good water-dispersibility has been synthesized with extremely high selectivity and without any impurities.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B904759J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Mar 2009
Accepted
04 Jun 2009
First published
19 Jun 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4554-4556

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Water-dispersible “carbon nanopods” with controllable graphene layer orientation

L. Li, B. An, H. Nishihara, T. Shiroya, H. Aikyo, T. Isojima, M. Yamamoto and T. Kyotani, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4554 DOI: 10.1039/B904759J

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