抄録
The liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method can produce C60 nanotubes with a length of the order of millimeters. The C60 nanotubes dried in air showed a Raman profile close to that of pristine C60. The C60 nanotubes are expected to be very useful to include various catalytic materials inside. The ultrasonic pulverization of the C60 nanotubes was examined in order to prepare short C60 nanotubes with open ends which make it easy to incorporate chemical substances. It was found that the ultrasonication of a few minutes is enough to prepare short C60 nanotubes with open ends.
