Abstract
Cu-C60 composite nanoparticles were prepared by the condensation of C60 vapor onto flying Cu nanoparticles which were produced in advance by a gas-evaporation technique. The structural and morphological observation of these nanoparticles was carried out by means of a transmission electron microscope. It was found that the particle is composed of a Cu sphere with C60 crystallites sticking to a part of the sphere. The morphology means that not C60 vapor but C60 clusters condense onto Cu nanoparticles and the wetting between the Cu nanoparticles and C60 clusters is poor.
