Fullerene Pipes

Single-wall fullerene nanotubes were converted from nearly endless, highly tangled ropes into short, open-ended pipes that behave as individual macromolecules. Raw nanotube material was purified in large batches, and the ropes were cut into 100- to 300-nanometer lengths. The resulting pieces formed...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1998-05, Vol.280 (5367), p.1253-1256
Main Authors: Liu, Jie, Rinzler, Andrew G., Dai, Hongjie, Hafner, Jason H., Bradley, R. Kelley, Boul, Peter J., Lu, Adrian, Iverson, Terry, Shelimov, Konstantin, Huffman, Chad B., Rodriguez-Macias, Fernando, Shon, Young-Seok, Lee, T. Randall, Colbert, Daniel T., Smalley, Richard E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon allotropes
Carboxylic acids
Chemical suspensions
Colloids
Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties
Exact sciences and technology
Fullerenes
Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials
Imaging
Innovations
Laboratory Equipment
Macromolecules
Nanotechnology
Nanotubes
Organic Chemistry
Physics
Ropes
Structure of solids and liquids
crystallography
Surfactants
Water
Water filtration
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Summary:Single-wall fullerene nanotubes were converted from nearly endless, highly tangled ropes into short, open-ended pipes that behave as individual macromolecules. Raw nanotube material was purified in large batches, and the ropes were cut into 100- to 300-nanometer lengths. The resulting pieces formed a stable colloidal suspension in water with the help of surfactants. These suspensions permit a variety of manipulations, such as sorting by length, derivatization, and tethering to gold surfaces.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.280.5367.1253