Fullerene pipes
Single-wall fullerene nanotubes were converted from nearly endless, highly tangled ropes into short, open-ended pipes that behave as individual macromolecules. Raw nanotube material was purified in large batches, and the ropes were cut into 100- to 300-nanometer lengths. The resulting pieces formed a stable colloidal suspension in water with the help of surfactants. These suspensions permit a variety of manipulations, such as sorting by length, derivatization, and tethering to gold surfaces.
Liu
J
J. Liu, A. G. Rinzler, H. Dai, J. H. Hafner, R. K. Bradley, P. J. Boul, A. Lu, T. Iverson, K. Shelimov, C. B. Huffman, F. Rodriguez-Macias, D. T. Colbert, R. E. Smalley, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice Quantum Institute.
Rinzler
AG
Dai
H
Hafner
JH
Bradley
RK
Boul
PJ
Lu
A
Iverson
T
Shelimov
K
Huffman
CB
Rodriguez-Macias
F
Shon
YS
Lee
TR
Colbert
DT
Smalley
RE