... compared to that of Ni-encapsulatedMWNT due to the discontinuous filling of Ni during thegrowth process.Acknowledgements We thank IITM and DST, Govt. of India, forthe support of this work.References1. ... apparatus. Fine powders of alloys, withfresh surfaces, were obtained with several cycles of hydrogen absorption and desorption. Synthesis, Characterization and MagnetizationMeasurements of Metal-Encapsulated ... TechnologyLaboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Madras,Chennai 600036, Indiae-mail: ramp@iitm.ac .in 123Nanoscale Res Lett (2008) 3:76–81DOI 10.1007/s11671-008-9116-6discontinuous capillary filling of Ni...