Endohedral condensation and higher exohedral coverage of Kr on open single-walled carbon nanotubes at 77 K.
An isotherm quasi-discontinuity, or a near-vertical step, at 177 microTorr indicative of Kr condensation inside open single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) has been observed at 77 K. The isotherm shows double adsorption-branch structure attributed to the existence of two endohedral phases of confined Kr. Three well-pronounced steps corresponding to the formation of various exohedral phases are present in the high-density (low-pressure) branch. The desorption branch exhibits three rounded steps assigned to higher order exohedral coverage.
Jakubek
Zygmunt J
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Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. Zygmunt.Jakubek@nrc.ca
Simard
Benoit
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