Fullerene release from the inside of carbon nanotubes: A possible route toward drug delivery

Autor(en)

Ferenc Simon, Herwig Peterlik, Rudolf Pfeiffer, Johannes Bernardi, Hans Kuzmany

Abstrakt

The filling and depletion of carbon nanotubes with C60 fullerenes is reported using solvents. We use X-ray diffractometry and Raman spectroscopy to show that large diameter carbon nanotubes can be filled with fullerenes using methanol with a high efficiency and can be also removed from the inside of the tubes using dichlorobenzene. The latter solvent effectively removes weakly bound C60s from inside the large diameter tubes, which is explained by the high solubility of C60 in dichlorobenzene.

Organisation(en)

Dynamik Kondensierter Systeme

Externe Organisation(en)

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Technische Universität Wien

Journal

Chemical Physics Letters

Band

445

Seiten

288-292

Anzahl der Seiten

5

ISSN

0009-2614

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2007.08.014

Publikationsdatum

2007

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

210006 Nanotechnologie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/623d4afa-7959-4acd-ae81-16dfb945379c