Nanorods of endohedral metallofullerene derivative

Tsuchiya T; Kumashiro R; Tanigaki K; Matsunaga Y; Ishitsuka MO; Wakahara T; Maeda Y; Takano Y; Aoyagi M; Akasaka T; Liu MTH; Kato T; Suenaga K; Jeong JS; Iijima S; Kimura F; Kimura T; Nagase S

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130, No.2, 450-450, 2008

Tsuchiya T, Kumashiro R, Tanigaki K, Matsunaga Y, Ishitsuka MO, Wakahara T, Maeda Y, Takano Y, Aoyagi M, Akasaka T, Liu MTH, Kato T, Suenaga K, Jeong JS, Iijima S, Kimura F, Kimura T, Nagase S

Nanorods of La@C-82(Ad) (Ad = adamantylidene) were prepared via the liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method. From the SEM, HRTEM, EELS, and SADEP analyses, it was revealed that the nanorods consist of a single crystal of La@C-82(Ad). The field-effect transistor (FET) measurement of the La@C-82(Ad) nanorods shows a p-type action. The magnetic orientation of the nanorods was observed; that is, the nanorods of La@C-82(Ad) oriented with the nanorod axis perpendicular to the magnetic field.