A simple method for the containment and purification of filled open-ended single wall carbon nanotubes using C60 molecules.
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.
Shao
Lidong
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Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UKOX1 3QR.
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Tsung-Wu
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Tobias
Gerard
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Green
Malcolm L H
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D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D012995:Solubility; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
D037741:Fullerenes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C005460:uranyl acetate; C069837:fullerene C60