Abstract
Arrays of C 60 molecules nested inside single-walled nanotubes represent a class of nanoscale materials having tunable properties. We report electronic measurements of this system made with a scanning tunneling microscope and demonstrate that the encapsulated C 60 molecules modify the local electronic structure of the nanotube. Our measurements and calculations also show that a periodic array of C 60 molecules gives rise to a hybrid electronic band, which derives its character from both the nanotube states and the C 60 molecular orbitals.
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 27, 2002, 5:35 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 11:37 p.m.) |
Indexed | 4 days, 22 hours ago (Aug. 26, 2025, 3:01 a.m.) |
Issued | 23 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2002) |
Published | 23 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2002) |
Published Print | 23 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2002) |
@article{Hornbaker_2002, title={Mapping the One-Dimensional Electronic States of Nanotube Peapod Structures}, volume={295}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068133}, DOI={10.1126/science.1068133}, number={5556}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Hornbaker, D. J. and Kahng, S.-J. and Misra, S. and Smith, B. W. and Johnson, A. T. and Mele, E. J. and Luzzi, D. E. and Yazdani, A.}, year={2002}, month=feb, pages={828–831} }