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Simultaneous Synthesis of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene in a Magnetically-enhanced Arc Plasma
Published on: February 2, 2012
In situ observations of fullerene fusion and ejection in carbon nanotubes
Sandeep Gorantla1, Felix Börrnert, Alicja Bachmatiuk
1IFW Dresden, PO Box 270116, Dresden D-01171, Germany. s.gorantla@ifw-dresden.de
Nanoscale
|August 18, 2010
Abstract:
We present in situ 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.
