COMPOSITE CARBON NANOTUBE WHOSE ENDS ARE CLOSED AND ITS PRODUCTION AND CLOSING OF OPENING OF CARBON NANOTUBE

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain a composite carbon nanotube having a structure in which both the ends of a tube are closed and which has a metal compound, etc., in the hollow part, and further to provide a method for producing the same. CONSTITUTION: A composite carbon nanotube having a structure which has a metal compound, etc., in the hollow part and whose both ends are opened, and a fullerene compound are mixed and thermally reacted with the composite carbon nanotube in an inactive gas to obtain the composite carbon nanotube having a structure wherein both the ends of the tube are closed.