%0 Journal Article %T Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Barium Oxide Nanoparticles | Insight Medical Publishing %A Arvind K. Bhakta %A Joseph Delhalle %A Praveen Martis %A Ronald J. Mascarenhas %A Zineb Mekhalif %J Related Journals to Chemo-enzymatic Catalyst %D 2018 %R 10.4172/2574-0431.100019 %X A simple, reproducible and efficient technique to decorate multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with barium oxide nanoparticles (BaO NPs) using infrared (IR) irradiation is developed. NaOH treatment leads to the purification of MWCNTs (p-MWCNTs). Functionalizing p-MWCNTs with tricarboxylic aryl diazonium salts generated in-situ and then reacting it with barium acetate in the presence of IR irradiation is the key step in efficiently impregnating p-MWCNTs-D3 with barium acetate (p-MWCNTs-D3/BA). Materials are characterized using XPS, TEM and PXRD. Homogeneous distribution of BaO NPs on MWCNTs is evidenced, with a Gaussian mean diameter of 5.1 nm. This method is also applicable to large scale preparation which opens interesting perspectives for nanotechnology applications. %U http://www.imedpub.com/articles/multiwall-carbon-nanotubes-decorated-with-barium-oxide-nanoparticles.php?aid=21826