C59N Peapods Sensing the Temperature

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C₅₉N Peapods Sensing the Temperature

Yongfeng Li^1,2,* , Toshiro Kaneko² and Rikizo Hatakeyama^2,*

¹ State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Changping District, Beijing 102249, China ² Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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Received: 29 November 2012; in revised form: 5 January 2013 / Accepted: 14 January 2013 / Published: 15 January 2013

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanotube and Nanowire Sensors)

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Abstract: We report the novel photoresponse of nanodevices made from azafullerene (C₅₉N)-encapsulated single-walled carbon nanotubes (C₅₉N@SWNTs), so called peapods. The photoconducting properties of a C₅₉N@SWNT are measured over a temperature range of 10 to 300 K under a field-effect transistor configuration. It is found that the photosensitivity of C₅₉N@SWNTs depends very sensitively on the temperature, making them an attractive candidate as a component of nanothermometers covering a wide temperature range. Our results indicate that it is possible to read the temperature by monitoring the optoelectronics signal of C₅₉N@SWNTs. In particular, sensing low temperatures would become more convenient and easy by giving a simple light pulse.

Keywords: azafullerenes; carbon nanotubes; encapsulation; photoresponse

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Li, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Hatakeyama, R. C₅₉N Peapods Sensing the Temperature. Sensors 2013, 13, 966-974.

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Li Y, Kaneko T, Hatakeyama R. C₅₉N Peapods Sensing the Temperature. Sensors. 2013; 13(1):966-974.

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Li, Yongfeng; Kaneko, Toshiro; Hatakeyama, Rikizo. 2013. "C₅₉N Peapods Sensing the Temperature." Sensors 13, no. 1: 966-974.

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