C{sub 60} fullerene decoration of carbon nanotubes

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776116130021· OSTI ID:22617114

Blank, V. D.; Karaeva, A. R.; Kulnitskiy, B. A.; Mordkovich, V. Z. ^[1]; Parkhomenko, Yu. N. ^[2]; Perezhogin, I. A.; Popov, M. Yu. ^[1]; Skryleva, E. A. ^[2]; Urvanov, S. A. ^[1]; Chernozatonskii, L. A. ^[3]

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1. Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (Russian Federation)
2. National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Russian Federation)
3. Russian Academy of Sciences, Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics (Russian Federation)

A new fully carbon nanocomposite material is synthesized by the immersion of carbon nanotubes in a fullerene solution in carbon disulfide. The presence of a dense layer of fullerene molecules on the outer nanotube surface is demonstrated by TEM and XPS. Fullerenes are redistributed on the nanotube surface during a long-term action of an electron beam, which points to the existence of a molecular bond between a nanotube and fullerenes. Theoretical calculations show that the formation of a fullerene shell begins with the attachment of one C{sub 60} molecule to a defect on the nanotube surface.

• OSTI ID: 22617114
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 123, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
CARBON NANOTUBES
CARBON SULFIDES
DEFECTS
DISULFIDES
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
FULLERENES
LAYERS
MOLECULES
NANOCOMPOSITES
SURFACES
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY