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Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Metallocenes: a First Example of Non-Fullerene Peapods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

F. Stercel ,
N. M. Nemes ,
J. E. Fischer  and
D. E. Luzzi
F. Stercel
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272
N. M. Nemes
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272
J. E. Fischer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272
D. E. Luzzi
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6272
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Abstract

We report the synthesis and analysis of metallocenes (ferrocene, chromocene, ruthenocene, vanadocene, tungstenocene-dihydride) encapsulated in single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). In the case of ferrocene, efficient filling of the SWNTs was accomplished from both the liquid and the vapor phase. The other two metallocenes were filled from the vapor phase. High resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals single molecular chains of metallocenes inside SWNTs. Molecules move under the electron beam in the SWNTs indicating the absence of strong chemical bonds between each other and the SWNT wall. Their movement freezes after short illumination as a result of irradiation damage. Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry confirms the presence of iron, chromium, ruthenium, vanadium and tungsten.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 706: Symposium Z – Making Functional Materials with Nanotubes , 2001 , Z7.8.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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