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The Influence of Water and Temperature on the Solubility of C60 in Pyridine Solution

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The dependence of Fullerene’s solubility on both molecular structure of the solvent and temperature must be understood in order to optimize the growth condition of C60 nanotubes (C60NTs) prepared by a modified liquid–liquid interfacial precipitation method. We explore the influence of small amounts of water dissolved in pyridine on the solubility of C60. We observe a decreasing solubility of Fullerene as a function of increasing water content. This result is confirmed by a kinetics study of the Fullerene C60 and pyridine reaction in the presence of water. The activation energy of C60 in pyridine solution become important with increasing water content. We have also investigated the effect of incubation temperature on the solubility of C60 in pyridine solution. The solubility of Fullerene is maximum when the incubation temperature is 273 K.

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Part of this research was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number 26600007).

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  1. Laboratory of Molecules, Materials and Applications, Preparatory Institute for Scientific and Technical Studies, University of Carthage, B.P:51 2075, La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia

    Dorra Mahdaoui & Manef Abderrabba

  2. Fullerene Engineering Group, Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan

    Dorra Mahdaoui, Chika Hirata, Takatsugu Wakahara & Kun’ichi Miyazawa

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 0.04 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 0.56 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 0.97 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 1.3 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 2.6 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 3.5 %

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Arrhenius plot of the apparent first-order kinetic constants: water content 4.07 %

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Mahdaoui, D., Abderrabba, M., Hirata, C. et al. The Influence of Water and Temperature on the Solubility of C60 in Pyridine Solution. J Solution Chem 45, 1158–1170 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-016-0497-3

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