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Transmission electron microscopy investigation of tubular and capsular needlelike crystals of C60 produced by the liquid–liquid interfacial precipitation method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2004

Kun’ichi Miyazawa  and
Tadatomo Suga
Kun’ichi Miyazawa*
Affiliation:
Ecomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
Tadatomo Suga
Affiliation:
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: miyazawa.kunichi@nims.go.jp
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Abstract

Tubular and capsular needlelike crystals of C60 with a few hundreds nanometers to about one micrometer in diameter were discovered among the precipitates prepared by the liquid–liquid interfacial precipitation method. Addition of a small amount of (η2–C60)Pt(PPh3)2 to the toluene solution of C60 produced various morphologies of hollow C60 crystals. This paper gives the first report on the formation of structures we named “C60 nanotubes.”

Keywords

FullereneTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)Chemical synthesis
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Rapid Communications
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 19 , Issue 11 , November 2004 , pp. 3145 - 3148
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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