ON THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF FULLERENE ANIONS

Authors
BERGOMI L JOLICOEUR T
Citation
L. Bergomi et T. Jolicoeur, ON THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF FULLERENE ANIONS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 318(3), 1994, pp. 283-288
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
318
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
283 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)318:3<283:OTEOFA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We study the electronic states of isolated fullerene anions C60n- (1 l ess-than-or-equal-to n less-than-or-equal-to 6) taking into account th e effective interaction between electrons due to exchange of intramole cular phonons. If the vibronic coupling is strong enough such an effec t may overwhelm Hund's rule and lead to an ordering of levels that can be interpreted as on-ball pairing, in a manner similar to the pairing in atomic nuclei. We suggest that such effects may be sought in solut ions of fulleride ions and discuss recent experimental results.