In situ observations of fullerene fusion and ejection in carbon nanotubes

Sandeep Gorantla; Felix Börrnert; Alicja Bachmatiuk; Maria Dimitrakopoulou; Ronny Schönfelder; Franziska Schäffel; Jürgen Thomas; Thomas Gemming; Ewa Borowiak-Palen; Jamie H. Warner; Boris I. Yakobson; Jürgen Eckert; Bernd Büchner; Mark H. Rümmeli

doi:10.1039/C0NR00426J

In situ observations of fullerene fusion and ejection in carbon nanotubes†

Sandeep Gorantla,*^a Felix Börrnert,^a Alicja Bachmatiuk,^a Maria Dimitrakopoulou,^a Ronny Schönfelder,^a Franziska Schäffel,^b Jürgen Thomas,^a Thomas Gemming,^a Ewa Borowiak-Palen,^c Jamie H. Warner,^b Boris I. Yakobson,^d Jürgen Eckert,^ae Bernd Büchner^a and Mark H. Rümmeli*^ae

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^a IFW Dresden, P.O. Box 270116, Dresden, Germany
E-mail: s.gorantla@ifw-dresden.de, m.rümmeli@ifw-dresden.de

^b Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Rd, Oxford, UK

^c Instistute of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Pulaskiego St. 10, Szczecin, Poland

^d Richard E. Smalley Inst. for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

^e Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

We present insitu experimental observations of fullerenes seamlessly fusing to single-walled carbon nanotubes. The morphing-entry of a fullerene to the interior of a nanotube is also captured. The confined (1D) motion of the newly-encapsulated fullerene within its host attests to the actual change from the exterior to interior.

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In situ observations of fullerene fusion and ejection in carbon nanotubes†

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