Morphological study of thin-film systems of pure fullerene (C[sub 60]) and some other amphiphilic compounds on the electron microscopic scale

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Langmuir; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/la00048a022· OSTI ID:5713445

Iwahashi, Makio ^[1]; Kikuchi, Koichi; Achiba, Yohji; Ikemoto, Isao ^[2]; Araki, Toshinari; Mochida, Tadashi; Yokoi, Sei-ichi ^[3]; Tanaka, Akira; Iriyama, Keiji ^[4]

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1. Kitasato Univ., Sagamihara (Japan)
2. Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. (Japan)
3. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. Yokohama (Japan)
4. Jikey Univ., Tokyo (Japan)

Morphological study of thin-film systems of pure fullerene (C[sub 60]) and some other amphiphilic compounds adsorbed on glass plates was conducted on the electron microscopic scale. Each component in benzene was placed on the aqueous subphase of distilled water (pH 5.8) according to the Langmuir technique to form its thin film; the thin film was transferred onto one side of a glass-plate surface by the subphase-lowering method. Each film-adsorbed site was replicated with a plasma-induced polymerized naphthalene film. The glass plates thus surface-treated were gradually dipped into 5% fluoric acid solution in order to obtain their respective single replica stage films for transmission electron microscopic observation. For example, the replica image of the C[sub 60] thin-film was able to show numerous necklace-like patterns forming a two-dimensional network on the electron microscopic scale. This network structure provides the possibility of applicational utilities such as a superconductive thin-film. 22 refs., 9 figs.

• OSTI ID: 5713445
• Journal Information: Langmuir; (United States), Vol. 8:12; ISSN 0743-7463
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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