Low temperature fullerene encapsulation in single wall carbon nanotubes: Synthesis of N@C60@SWCNT

Ferenc Simon (Corresponding author), Hans Kuzmany, Hendrik Rauf, Thomas Pichler, Johannes Bernardi, Herwig Peterlik, László Korecz, Ferenc Fülöp, A Jánossy

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    Abstract

    High filling of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) with C60 and C70 fullerenes from solvent is reported at temperatures as low as 69°C. A 2-h long refluxing in n-hexane of the mixture of the fullerene and SWCNT results in a high yield of C60,C70@SWCNT, fullerene peapod, material. The peapod filling is characterized by TEM, Raman and electron energy loss spectroscopy and X-ray scattering. We applied the method to synthesize the temperature sensitive (N@C60:C 60)@SWCNT as proved by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. The solvent prepared peapod samples can be transformed to double walled nanotubes enabling a high yield and industrially scalable production of DWCNT. Œ 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)362-367
    Number of pages6
    JournalChemical Physics Letters
    Volume383
    Issue number3-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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