Inorganic Nanotubes Anisotropic Nanoparticles – Non-Carbon Nanotubes

Inorganic Nanotubes

Anisotropic Nanoparticles – Non-Carbon Nanotubes

Tubular Silicate minerals

• Scrolls of one or more layers

• But: also closed, concentric cylinders

Misfit Layer Structures in Ternary Chalcogenides

• SEM images of tubular crystals in the system Bi-Nb-S

BN Nanotubes

BN Nanotubes

BCx Nanotubes

B-C-N Nanotubes

B-C-N Nanotubes

Nanotubes of Layered Materials

Nanotubes of Dichalcogenides– MoX2

Nanotubes of Dichalcogenides– MoX2

Nanotubes of Dichalcogenides– WX2

Nanotubes of Dichalcogenides– W/Nb/Xy

Nanotubes of Dichalcogenides– ReS2

Nanotube Tips of Dichalcogenides– WX2

“TiO2” Nanotubes

“TiO2” Nanotubes

NiCl2 Nanotubes