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Encapsulated C60 in carbon nanotubes

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Pulsed laser vaporization of graphite in the presence of certain metallic catalysts produces both carbon nanotubes and C60 molecules1. In nanotube production, most of the C60 is removed, along with other residual contaminants, by purification and annealing. It has been suggested that C60 may be trapped inside a nanotube during this elaborate sequence, but this has not been detected.

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Figure 1: A single-walled carbon nanotube containing a row of closed carbon shells concentric with the tubule axis.
Figure 2: Cross-sectional image of a rope comprising hexagonally packed parallel single-walled carbon nanotubes.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19104-6272, Pennsylvania, USA

    Brian W. Smith, Marc Monthioux & David E. Luzzi

  2. CEMES, UPR A-8011 CNRS, BP 4347, F-31055 cedex 4, Toulouse, France

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Smith, B., Monthioux, M. & Luzzi, D. Encapsulated C60 in carbon nanotubes. Nature 396, 323–324 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/24521

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