P. Weis et al., PROPERTIES OF SIZE AND COMPOSITION SELECTED GAS-PHASE ALKALI FULLERIDE CLUSTERS, The Journal of chemical physics, 100(8), 1994, pp. 5684-5695
Neutral and positively charged clusters M(x)(C60)z, where M = K/Rb and
z = 1-3 were prepared in pulsed molecular beams by laser desorption (
266 nm) from preformed alkali metal fulleride thin films. Experimental
results encompassed mass spectral characterization of beam abundance
and in selected cases, determination of rough ionization potential bra
ckets and elucidation of fragmentation pathways upon (i) unimolecular
dissociation in gas phase and (ii) surface collision induced dissociat
ion from Si(111). Results are contrasted with electrostatic model calc
ulations as well as ab initio self-consistent field computations.