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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
卷 331, 期 2-4, 页码 137-142出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(00)01008-3
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Using transmission electron microscopy, we demonstrate the insertion of the metallofullerene La-2@C-80 into 1.4 nm diameter single wall carbon nanotubes. Micrographs indicate that the spheroidal D-2h isomer having an IhC80 cage similar to0.8 nm in diameter is preferred. For the first time, endohedral atoms inside a metallofullerene are directly imaged. The La atoms are seen to undergo a discontinuous tumbling motion inside their C-80 cage. The measured La-La separation is slightly larger than is predicted by theory. These data suggest that interactions between the nanotube and La-2@C-80 have changed the molecules' behaviors. Our results prove that extrinsic molecular species can be introduced into carbon nanotubes. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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