We investigate the localization of charged particles by the image potential of spherical shells, such as fullerene buckyballs. These spherical image states exist within surface potentials formed by the competition between the attractive image potential and the repulsive centripetal force arising from the angular motion. The image potential has a power law rather than a logarithmic behavior. Thi...

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Separating functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) from functionalized amorphous carbon is challenging, due to their polydispersity and similar physicochemical properties. We describe a single-step, dialytic separation method that takes advantage of the ability of heavily functionalized SWCNTs to bundle in a polar environment while maintaining their solubility. Experiments on funct...

Three surprising discoveries on the nature of matter and its properties were published in the mid-1980s. All these discoveries led to Nobel prizes. The first discovery was in 1985, when fullerenes were discovered by Robert F. Curl Jr, Sir Harold W. Kroto, and Richard E. Smalley. Fullerenes, also known as buckyballs, are spherical molecules composed of carbon atoms. The discovery of fullerenes l...

By using grazing incidence x-ray diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy experiments, we determine the interface structure of a ${\mathrm{C}}_{60}$ layer deposited on Co(0001) surface. The room temperature deposition gives rise to ($4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}4$) molecular with 10% vertical relaxation underneath Co atoms. When annealed around 550 K, undergoes structural change mos...