Magnetic Fullerenes inside Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Physical Review Letters2006Vol. 97(13), pp. 136801–136801
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Ferenc Simon, H. Kuzmany, Bálint Náfrádi, T. Fehér, Lászlø Forró, F. Fülöp, A. Jánossy, L. Korecz, Antal Rockenbauer, Frank Hauke, Andreas Hirsch
Abstract
C(59)N magnetic fullerenes were formed inside single-wall carbon nanotubes by vacuum annealing functionalized C(59)N molecules encapsulated inside the tubes. A hindered, anisotropic rotation of C(59)N was deduced from the temperature dependence of the electron spin resonance spectra near room temperature. Shortening of the spin-lattice relaxation time T(1) of C(59)N indicates a reversible charge transfer toward the host nanotubes above approximately 350 K. Bound C(59)N-C(60) heterodimers are formed at lower temperatures when C(60) is coencapsulated with the functionalized C(59)N. In the 10-300 K range, T(1) of the heterodimer shows a relaxation dominated by the conduction electrons on the nanotubes.
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