Publication
Title
Anisotropic packing and one-dimensional fluctuations of $C_{60}$ molecules in carbon nanotubes
Author
Abstract
 The confinement of a C-60 molecule encapsulated in a cylindrical nanotube depends on the tube radius. In small tubes with radius R-T less than or similar to 7 A, a fivefold axis of the molecule coincides with the tube axis. The interaction between C-60 molecules in the nanotube is then described by a O-2-rotor model on a 1D liquid chain with coupling between orientational and displacive correlations. This coupling leads to chain contraction. The structure factor of the 1D liquid is derived. In tubes with a larger radius the molecular centers of mass are displaced off the tube axis. The distinction of two groups of peapods with on- and off-axis molecules suggests an explanation of the apparent splitting of A(g) modes of C-60 in nanotubes measured by resonant Raman scattering.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review letters. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2005
ISSN
0031-9007
Volume/pages
95:18(2005), p. 185506,1-185506,4
Article Reference
185506
ISI
000232887400041
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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