Alignment of Ge-imogolite nanotubes in isomalt with tunable inter-tube distances

TitleAlignment of Ge-imogolite nanotubes in isomalt with tunable inter-tube distances
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsLevard, C, Thill, A, Avellan, A, Mauroy, C, Vidal, V, Campos, APC, Masion, A, Rose, J
JournalRSC AdvancesRSC Advances
Volume7
Pagination21323-21327
Date Published04/2017
Type of Article10.1039/C7RA01380A
Abstract

This study shows the almost perfect alignment of inorganic nanotubes (Ge-imogolite) within polyol filaments. Alignment was obtained by simply cooling a Ge-imogolite-polyol mixture under mechanical stress. Additionally, inter-tube distances in the plane normal to the filaments can be tuned by simply varying the weight fraction of imogolite in the starting solution. The ease of the alignment protocol will stimulate interest for testing new applications which require a good control of the pore density and morphology (periodicity, and high monodispersity of the pore size distribution).

DOI10.1039/C7RA01380A