High Shear Spheroidal Topological Fluid Flow Induced Coating Of Polystyrene Beads With C-60 Spicules

Spheroidal spicular like topological fluid flow in an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) housing a 20 mm diameter tube with a hemispherical base rotating at 4k rpm and tilted at 45 degrees is effective in reducing the thermodynamic equilibrium concentration of fullerene C-60 in toluene, with the formation of spicules of the material under continuous flow processing. Under the same operational conditions in the presence of polystyrene beads 2 to 6 mu m in diameter, spicules of C(60)ca. 150 nm in length grow on their surfaces. This establishes that the spheroidal topological fluid flow in the VFD prevails while enveloping spheroidal like particles of such size.