著者
Asaka Koji Kato Ryoei Maezono Yoshinari Yoshizaki Ryozo Miyazawa Kun'ichi Kizuka Tokushi
出版者
American Institute of Physics
雑誌
Applied physics letters (ISSN:00036951)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.88, no.5, pp.051914, 2006-02
被引用文献数
19

Filaments composed of multilayered carbon hollow capsules less than 10 nm in diameter have been synthesized from crystalline whiskers of fullerene C60 of submicrometer in diameter by preliminary heating at 1373 K and successive impression of current. The structural, electrical and optical properties of the filaments were studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy combined with the functions of scanning probe microscopy. We found that the filaments easily emit visible light at a maximum wavelength of 700-730 nm by the application of a few volts.