C₆₀/collapsed carbon nanotube hybrids: a variant of peapods.

نویسندگان

  • Hamid Reza Barzegar
  • Eduardo Gracia-Espino
  • Aiming Yan
  • Claudia Ojeda-Aristizabal
  • Gabriel Dunn
  • Thomas Wågberg
  • Alex Zettl
چکیده

We examine a variant of so-called carbon nanotube peapods by packing C60 molecules inside the open edge ducts of collapsed carbon nanotubes. C60 insertion is accomplished through a facile single-step solution-based process. Theoretical modeling is used to evaluate favorable low-energy structural configurations. Overfilling of the collapsed tubes allows infiltration of C60 over the full cross-section of the tubes and consequent partial or complete reinflation, yielding few-wall, large diameter cylindrical nanotubes packed with crystalline C60 solid cores.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nano letters

دوره 15 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015