Synthesis and characterization of new hybrid material based on MWCNTs decorated with titanium carbide nanocoatings with different morphology as reinforcing components of alloys

New hybrid nanomaterials based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and nanoscale coatings of titanium carbide were synthesized using the MOCVD method. Titanocene dichloride was used as a precursor. It is established that the deposited coating depends on the initial mass ratio of MWCNTs and titanocene dichloride. Four characteristic morphological types of the obtained TiC/MWCNTs hybrid nanomaterials were found. A high efficacy of using synthesized hybrid materials TiC/MWCNTs as reinforcing fillers in aluminum matrix alloys has been found. (paper)