title: Gases Do not adsorb on the interstitial channels of closed-ended single-walled carbon nanotube bundles
abstract: We have experimentally determined the binding energies of Xe, CH4, and Ne on samples of closed-ended single-wall nanotube (SWNT) bundles. We find values for these quantities which are larger by approximately 75% on the SWNT samples than the values found for the same adsorbates on planar graphite. We have also determined the monolayer capacity of a SWNT sample using Xe and Ne adsorption. A comparison of all of our results leads us to conclude that none of the gases studied adsorb on the interstitial channels in the SWNT bundles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA.
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talapatra
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Zambano
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Migone