METAL-COATED FULLERENE MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS

Authors
MARTIN TP MALINOWSKI N ZIMMERMANN U NAHER U SCHABER H
Citation
Tp. Martin et al., METAL-COATED FULLERENE MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS, The Journal of chemical physics, 99(5), 1993, pp. 4210-4212
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
99
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
4210 - 4212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1993)99:5<4210:MFMAC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Coevaporation of C60 and an alkali metal in a gas aggregation cell yie lds a distribution of clusters with composition (C60)nMx with 0 less-t han-or-equal-to x < 150, n = 1,2,3, and M = Li, Na, and K. For singly ionized clusters the mass peaks are strong for odd values of x but onl y after reaching the composition C60M7+. It is suggested that the onse t of even-odd alternation marks the end of electron transfer between m etal and C60 and the beginning of metal-metal bonding.