Phase Transitions and In Situ Dynamics of Crystal Grain Formation of Alumina Nanotubes Templated by Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

Authors

L. F. Lampert, Portland State UniversityFollow
A. Barnum, Portland State UniversityFollow
S. W. Smith, Oregon State Uiversity
J. F. Conley, Oregon State University
Jun Jiao, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

RSC Advances

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Subjects

Crystal growth -- Research, Aluminum oxide

Abstract

Phase transitions of amorphous alumina (a-alumina) nanotubes grown by atomic layer deposition and templated by carbon nanotubes were investigated with thermal annealing, transmitted Kikuchi electron diffraction, electron-irradiation-induced crystallization, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The resulting, engineered alumina nanotube arrays demonstrate a large range of tunable phases that are vital for understanding how alumina nanotube arrays can be applied for uses within biotechnology, catalysis, and other academic and industrial uses.

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This is the publisher's final PDF. Copyright (2015) Royal Society of Chemistry. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the oreginal work is properly cited. Version of record can be found at http://dx.doi/10.1039/C5RA12337B

DOI

10.1039/C5RA12337B

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16571

Citation Details

Lampert, L. F., Barnum, A., Smith, S. W., Conley, J. F., & Jiao, J. (2015). Phase transitions and in situ dynamics of crystal grain formation of alumina nanotubes templated by vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. RSC Advances, 5(83), 68251-68259.