Effect of Peierls transition in armchair carbon nanotube on dynamical behaviour of encapsulated fullerene.

The changes of dynamical behaviour of a single fullerene molecule inside an armchair carbon nanotube caused by the structural Peierls transition in the nanotube are considered. The structures of the smallest C20 and Fe@C20 fullerenes are computed using the spin-polarized density functional theory. Significant changes of the barriers for motion along the nanotube axis and rotation of these fullerenes inside the (8,8) nanotube are found at the Peierls transition.

The role of molecular clusters in the filling of carbon nanotubes.

We have demonstrated that the ability of fullerenes to form clusters is essential for the filling of single-walled carbon nanotubes in solution. In solutions where C60 exists in the form of discrete solvated molecules (e.g.

Biocompatibility and applications of carbon nanotubes in medical nanorobots.

The set of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) based on relative motion of carbon nanotubes walls is proposed for use in medical nanorobots. This set includes electromechanical nanothermometer, jet nanoengine, nanosyringe (the last can be used simultaneously as nanoprobe for individual biological molecules and drug nanodeliver). Principal schemes of these NEMS are considered.