Porfyrakis, K and Khlobystov, AN and Britz, DA and Morton, JJL and Ardavan, A and Kanai, M and Dennis, TJS and Briggs, GAD (2004) Inserting fullerene dimers into carbon nanotubes: Pushing the boundaries of molecular self-assembly. In: AIP CONF PROC. (pp. 255 - 258).
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Abstract
Carbon nanotubes can encapsulate several molecular species forming one-dimensional crystals. Using previously reported methods we produced directly-bonded, asymmetric C-60-C-70 dimers and oxygen-bridged dimers of the type C-60-O-C-60, We present here microscopic evidence of filling single-waited carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with the above fullerene dimers. The most important filling constraint is found to be the nanotube size. SWNTs with diameters around 1.6 nm incorporate dimers; considerably more easily than SWNTs with smaller diameters. This kind of molecular self-assembly opens up the potential for using nanotubes and fullerenes for nanodevices.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Inserting fullerene dimers into carbon nanotubes: Pushing the boundaries of molecular self-assembly |
| Event: | 18th International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials |
| Additional information: | confidential: False |
| Keywords: | C-120 |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
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