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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2011, Article ID 987530, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2011/987530 Research Article Carbide Nanoparticles Encapsulated in the Caves of Carbon Nanotubes by an In Situ Reduction-Carbonization Route Chunli Guo,1 Yitai Qian,2 and Pengju Han3 1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China 2 Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China 3 College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China Correspondence should be addressed to Chunli Guo, gcl@ Received 11 July 2011; Revised 23 September 2011; Accepted 26 September 2011 Academic Editor: Renzhi Ma Copyright © 2011 Chunli Guo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Carbides (TiC, WC, and NbC) nanoparticles fully encapsulated in the caves of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized via an in situ reduction-carbonization route at 600◦C in an autoclave. The structural features and morphologies of as-obtained products were investigated using by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). HRTEM studies showed that the average diameter of CNTs encapsulated with carbide nanoparticles are in the range of 15–40 nm. The reaction temperature, the reaction time, and the metal catalyst are found to play crucial roles to the product morphology. The growth mechanism of carbide nanoparticles encapsulated in CNTs was discussed in detail. 1. Introduction