title: A simple method for the containment and purification of filled open-ended single wall carbon nanotubes using C60 molecules.
abstract: Soluble materials placed inside opened SWNTs can be contained using fullerenes to block the ends, thereby providing a way to remove the excess of external soluble material present in the initial product formed by low temperature filling of open-ended single wall carbon nanotubes; the C60-blocked filled SWNTs can then be used in applications in which leakage is undesirable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UKOX1 3QR.
authors.forename: Lidong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Tsung-Wu
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tobias
authors.forename: Malcolm L H
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D012995:Solubility; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C005460:uranyl acetate; C069837:fullerene C60