Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-07-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
11 Pages, 6 Figures
Scientific paper
The encapsulation of hydrogen-terminated nanosized diamond fragments (the so-called diamondoids) into armchair single walled carbon nanotubes with diameters in the range of 1.0 up to 2.2 nm has been investigated using classical molecular dynamics simulations. Diameter dependent molecular ordered phases were found for the encapsulation of adamantane (C10H16), diamantane (C14H20), and dihydroxy diamantane (C14H20O2). The same types of chiral ordered phases (double, triple, 4- and 5-stranded helices) observed for the encapsulation of C60 molecules were also observed for diamondoids. On the other hand, some achiral phases comprising layered structures were not observed. Our results also indicate that the modification of diamantane through functionalization with hydroxyl groups can lead to an enhancement of the packing of molecules inside the nanotubes compared to nonfunctionalized compounds. Comparisons to hard-sphere models are also presented revealing differences, specially when more asymmetrical diamondoids are considered. For larger structures (adamantane tetramers) we have not observed long-range ordering for nanotubes with diameters in the range of 1.49 to 2.17 nm but only a tendency to form incomplete helical structures.
Coluci Vitor R.
Galvao Douglas S.
Troche Karla S.
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