The synthesis, structure, and properties of carbon-containing nanocomposites based on nickel, palladium, and iron

Nickel, iron, palladium, and bimetallic nickel-palladium nanoparticles encapsulated in carbon were synthesized by contactless levitation fusion of metals in a magnetic field in a flow of an inert gas containing a hydrocarbon. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and adsorption. A layered carbon shell preventing agglomeration and oxidation formed on the surface of nickel- and iron-containing particles. The size of particles depended on preparation conditions and could be of 5–15 nm. Original Russian Text ? A.E. Ermakov, M.A. Uimin, E.S. Lokteva, A.A. Mysik, S.A. Kachevskii, A.O. Turakulova, V.S Gaviko, V.V. Lunin, 2009, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 1338–1345.