Thermal treatment of water-soluble particles formed by compounds composed of carbon nanobelts and C₆₀ molecules.

ABSTRACT: It was previously shown that spherical particles are self-assembled by compounds composed of C₆₀-(6,6)CNB-C₆₀, where CNB stands for "carbon nanobelt", by mixing two individual solutions of C₆₀ and (6,6)CNB molecules dissolved in 1,2-dichlorobenzene at room temperature. The particles are monodisperse in water thanks to their high absolute value of the zeta potential in water. In this report, we investigate the effect of thermal treatment of the particles on some changes in the physical properties and structures. We find that the particles become electrically conductive after thermal treatment at 600 °C for 1 h. We suppose that the change in the electrical characteristics might have been caused by the structural change of (6,6)CNBs into opened-up ribbons comp

SUBMITTER: Kurosu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10613224 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature