DETECTION OF LARGE FULLERENE CLUSTERS

Authors
MARTIN TP BERGMANN T NAHER U SCHABER H ZIMMERMANN U
Citation
Tp. Martin et al., DETECTION OF LARGE FULLERENE CLUSTERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 88(1-2), 1994, pp. 1-5
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
88
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 5
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1994)88:1-2<1:DOLFC>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Large clusters are notoriously hard to detect. Clusters of fullerene m olecules containing up to 10000 carbon atoms pose a special problem in that they tend to bounce elastically off the detector. High post acce leration and multiple charging can be used to overcome the problem of detection. Intensity anomalies in the mass spectra of (C60)n and (C70) n indicate that these clusters have a shell structure with icosahedral symmetry.