Chirally selective growth and extraction of single-wall carbon nanotubes via fullerene nano-peapods

• Main Authors: Zhang, Jinying, Zhou, Feng, Miyata, Yasumitsu, Kitaura, Ryo, Su, Haibin, Shinohara, Hisanori
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99616; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17608
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) grown from C60 and C70 inside SWCNTs with diameters of 1.5 ± 0.1 nm are investigated. The as-produced SWCNTs have been extracted, separated, and characterized. The products from C70 are dominated by (7,6) and (9,4) SWCNTs, whereas those from C60 are dominated by...