Insertion of C60 into multi-wall carbon nanotubes - A synthesis of C60@MWCNT

Toni Fröhlich; Peter Scharff; Willy Schliefke; Henry Romanus; Vinay Gupta; Carmen Siegmund; Oliver Ambacher; Lothar Spiess

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2004.05.025

Insertion of C₆₀ into multi-wall carbon nanotubes - A synthesis of C₆₀@MWCNT

Toni Fröhlich
, Peter Scharff
, Willy Schliefke
, Henry Romanus
, Vinay Gupta
, Carmen Siegmund
, Oliver Ambacher
, Lothar Spiess

Physics

Ilmenau University of Technology

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Abstract

The insertion of C₆₀ into multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) was studied. The commercial C₆₀-nanotubes was added to the opened MWCNTs ina weight ratio of 1 to 7. The mixture was afterwards sonicated in toluene for 12 min and air dried. It was found that the diffusion of C ₆₀ took place through the open tube ends, and when the diameter of the innermost graphite tube was about 2 nm, the fullerenes tend to form zigzag chains.

Original language	British English
Pages (from-to)	2759-2762
Number of pages	4
Journal	Carbon
Volume	42
Issue number	12-13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2004.05.025
State	Published - 2004

Keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes, Fullerene
B. Intercalation
C. Transmission electron microscopy

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Insertion of C₆₀ into multi-wall carbon nanotubes - A synthesis of C₆₀@MWCNT

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