Research Article

Solvation-Assisted Young’s Modulus Control of Single-Crystal Fullerene C 𝟕 𝟎 Nanowhiskers

Table 1

Young’s modulus of fullerene crystals (NW: nanowhisker; NT: nanotube).

ShapesMoleculesYoung’s modulus (GPa)References

ParticleC60 2 0 ± 5 Hoen et al. [34]
… (fcc [100]) 8 . 3 ± 0 . 6 Kobelev et al. [35]
… (fcc [110]) 1 3 . 2 ± 1
… (fcc [111]) 1 6 . 3 ± 1 . 2
Film 9 . 9 9 ± 1 . 2 5 Fioretto et al. [36]
10Kolomenskii et al. [32]
1 2 ± 1 Coufal et al. [37]
12.7Murugavel et al. [33]
15.9Shi et al. [7]
C70 4 ± 1 Kolomenskii et al. [32]
8.7Murugavel et al. [33]
NW (dia. 130 nm)C60 5 4 ± 3 Asaka et al. [15]
… (dia. 160 nm) 3 2 ± 6
… (dia. 420 nm) 2 8 ± 5
… (dia. 123 nm)53–69Saito et al. [18]
… (dia. 410 nm)C70 1 . 9 ± 0 . 1 The present study
… (dia. 580 nm) 1 . 1 ± 0 . 3
… (dia. 770 nm) 0 . 3 ± 0 . 3
NT (dia. 510 nm)C6062–107Kizuka et al. [17]
…(dia. 270 nm)C7068–110Kizuka et al. [38]
… (dia. 340 nm) 8 2 ± 5
… (dia. 470 nm) 6 1 ± 5