AN ARTIFICIAL MOLECULE OF NE-2 INSIDE C-70

Authors
LASKIN J PERES T LIFSHITZ C SAUNDERS M CROSS RJ KHONG A
Citation
J. Laskin et al., AN ARTIFICIAL MOLECULE OF NE-2 INSIDE C-70, Chemical physics letters, 285(1-2), 1998, pp. 7-9
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
285
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
7 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1998)285:1-2<7:AAMONI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
C-70 was heated with Ne-22 at high pressure. Analysis by mass spectrom etry unexpectedly showed the formation of Ne-2@C-70 in addition to Ne@ C-70. The ratio of empty C-70 to mono-occupied to di-occupied was 1000 :1:0.02. A mechanism where a small fraction of the fullerene breaks op en and reaches equilibrium with the neon and then closes is suggested to explain these results. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.