Eur. Phys. J. B 49, 147-155 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00039-7

Diffraction of oriented nano-peapods

Laboratoire des Colloïdes, Verres et Nanomatériaux (UMR CNRS 5587), Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Corresponding author: ^a almairac@gdpc.univ-montp2.fr

Received: 14 April 2005
Revised: 14 December 2005
Published online: 17 February 2006

Abstract

This paper presents an investigation of the structural properties of oriented A@SWNT peapods, where A represents any molecular species organized on a 1D cristalline chain inside the single wall nanotubes (SWNT). This study is based on the use of diffraction methods applied to the case of oriented A@SWNT samples. Two preferential orientations of tubes are considered, 1D (fiber) and 2D (pellet) both having an axial symmetry. We show that even in the case of samples presenting a very large mosaic, information about the correlation state between C₆₀ chains and about the C₆₀ polymerization, can be obtained provided that pertinent scans are performed. These are longitudinal scans along and perpendicularly to the symmetry axis accompanied by convenient constant Q scans. Detailed diffraction patterns are simulated in the case of a 2D oriented sample of C₆₀@SWNT peapods (`bucky paper').