C<sub>60/Collapsed Carbon Nanotube Hybrids: A Variant of Peapods (Open Access)

Abstract

We examine a variant of so-called carbon nanotube peapods by packing C<sub>60 molecules inside the open edge ducts of collapsed carbon nanotubes. C<sub>60 insertion is accomplished through a facile single-step solution-based process. Theoretical modeling is used to evaluate favorable low-energy structural configurations. Overfilling of the collapsed tubes allows infiltration of C<sub>60 over the full cross-section of the tubes and consequent partial or complete reinflation, yielding few-wall, large diameter cylindrical nanotubes packed with crystalline C<sub>60 solid cores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 2015
Accession Number
AD1002820

Entities

People

  • Aiming Yan
  • Alex Zettl
  • Claudia Ojeda-aristizabal
  • Eduardo Gracia-Espino
  • Gabriel Dunn
  • Hamid R. Barzegar
  • Thomas Wagberg

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • California
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemistry
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Energy
  • Fullerenes
  • Graphene
  • High Resolution
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Physics
  • Simulations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science