Fullerene pipes

Jie Liu; Andrew G. Rinzler; Hongjie Dai; Jason H. Hafner; R. Kelley Bradley; Peter J. Boul; Adrian Lu; Terry Iverson; Konstantin Shelimov; Chad B. Huffman; Fernando Rodriguez-Macias; Young Seok Shon; T. Randall Lee; Daniel T. Colbert; Richard E. Smalley

doi:10.1126/science.280.5367.1253

Fullerene pipes

Jie Liu
, Andrew G. Rinzler
, Hongjie Dai
, Jason H. Hafner
, R. Kelley Bradley
, Peter J. Boul
, Adrian Lu
, Terry Iverson
, Konstantin Shelimov
, Chad B. Huffman
, Fernando Rodriguez-Macias
, Young Seok Shon
, T. Randall Lee
, Daniel T. Colbert
, Richard E. Smalley^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1253-1256
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	280
Issue number	5367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5367.1253
State	Published - 22 May 1998
Externally published	Yes

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