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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
Published on: May 15, 2018
Comparative EPR study of Cu@C60 and N@C60 endofullerenes
Claus Knapp1, Norbert Weiden, Klaus-Peter Dinse
1Phys. Chem. III, Chemistry Department, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstrasse 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
Abstract:
A comparative study of C60-based endohedral fullerenes was performed. From an analysis of spin relaxation times of the recently characterized Cu@C60 metallo-endofullerene, it could be shown that the encased ion occupies a well-defined off-centre position even at room temperature. Localization on the timescale of an EPR experiment is combined with charge transfer of approximately two electrons, resulting in the EPR signature of a 3d9 copper ion. This is in contrast to N@C60, for which a nearly complete decoupling from the cage is found. An upper limit for the variance of collision-induced modulation of the anisotropic nitrogen hfi is determined as (A(eff)2)(1/2) < 500 kHz by an analysis of cross peak intensities in a 2D EPR experiment. Pulsed 95 GHZ ENDOR experiments have been performed to confirm that deformation-induced hyperfine anisotropies are expected to be very small in N@C60.
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