Abstract
We report on nuclear magnetic resonance from up to K on single wall carbon nanotubes. The magic angle spinning NMR spectrum shows one isotropic line at ppm and the static spectrum a powder pattern typical for a curved graphene sheet. The T dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rate reveals an unusual phenomenon which could be explained by thermally activated small amplitude motion (SAM) of the nanotubes. If above K, diffusion of twistons might be responsible for the local SAM of the sites, below this transition temperature frozen in twistons could appear with an orientational order of the nanotubes in the ropes.
- Received 7 November 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.63.100302
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