Fullerenes inside Carbon Nanotubes: The Peapods

Thermally encapsulated phenothiazine@MWCNT cathode for aqueous zinc ion battery

“…38 Encapsulation of functionalized endohedral fullerenes inside the thin-layered CNT was reported where the complex dynamic behavior of the intercalants was identified. 41 Ugarte et al proved the thermal intercalation of the molten silver particles inside the CNTs by capillary forces, and the decomposition of silver nitrate inside the nanotubes to form the chains of the silver nanobeads. 32 Herein, we report the solution phase low-temperature thermal encapsulation of phenothiazine in MWCNTs to address the issue of cathode dissolution and dendrite formation at the anode.…”

Phemenology of Filling, Investigation of Growth Kinetics and Electronic Properties for Applications of Filled Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

“…These applications were reviewed by us recently [ 214 ]. They were also reviewed by the groups of Jeremy Sloan [ 215 ], Marc Monthioux [ 216 ], and Ferenc Simon [ 217 ]. The following studies are available: The filling process of fullerenes and derivatives, as well as applications were studied by Hiromichi Kataura, Kazu Suenaga, Sumio Iijima, and Hisanori Shinohara [ 49 , 51 , 52 , 58 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 75 , 76 , 79 , 80 , 116 ].…”

Filling carbon nanotubes for nanobiotechnological applications

“…Endohedral functionalization of CNTs was achieved soon after their discovery, when liquid metals such as Pb could be encapsulated by capillary forces. 15 Following, other metal nanoparticles, 16 salts, 17 and organic compounds (dyes such as b-carotene 18 or phthalocyanines, 19 coronene, 20 metallocenes 21 and carbon nanostructures such as graphene 22 and C 60 derivatives 23 ) have been successfully encapsulated inside CNTs through different routes, showing how CNTs can easily act as versatile molecular containers or as nanoscale reaction vessels. 24 Several strategies can be used for filling CNTs according to the fillers' physicochemical properties and stability.…”