Single-walled nanotubes fullerene generated

Figure 19 Computer-generated images of carbon nanostructures showing (A) a spherical C60 fullerene Buckyball structure, (B) a conical form, (C) a SWNT and (D) a cylindrical multiwalled CNT MWNT. Abbreviations SWNT, single-walled nanotube MWNT, multiwalled nanotube. Source From Ref. 102.

T. Umeyama, N. Tezuka, S. Seki, Y. Matano, M. Nishi, K. Hirao, H. Lehtivuori, V.N. Tkachenko, H. Lemmetyinen, Y. Nakao, S. Sakaki, H. Imahoii, Selective formation and efBcient photocurrent generation of [70]fullerene-single-walled carbon nanotube composites. Adv. Mater. 22, 1767-1770 (2010)... 

Beside their well-known extra-high mechanical properties, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) offer either metallic or semiconductor characteristics based on the chiral structure of fullerene. They possess superior thermal and electrical properties so SWNTs are regarded as the most promising reinforcement material for the next generation of high performance structural and multifunctional composites, and evoke great interest in polymer based composites research. The SWNTs/polymer composites are theoretically predicted to have both exceptional mechanical and functional properties, which carbon fibers cannot offer [105]. 

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