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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Fullerenes, particularly C(60), are carbon allotropes with unique electronic and structural properties.
  • Conventional C(60) forms a van der Waals solid (C(60)(I(h))) with specific electronic band structures.
  • Understanding fullerene isomer interactions is key to developing new carbon-based materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel fullerene isomer films (C(60)(nIPR)).
  • To investigate the structural, thermal, and electronic properties of these new fullerene assemblies.
  • To elucidate the nature of intermolecular bonding in C(60)(nIPR) films.

Main Methods:

  • Low energy ion beam deposition of vibronically excited C(60)(+) onto graphite.
  • Selective sublimation of C(60)(I(h)) to isolate C(60)(nIPR) isomers.
  • Atomic force microscopy (AFM) for imaging film morphology.
  • Thermal desorption mass spectrometry (TDMS) for thermal stability analysis.
  • Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) for electronic structure determination.
  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for modeling fullerene oligomers.

Main Results:

  • Synthesis of C(60)(nIPR) films predominantly composed of novel fullerene isomers.
  • AFM revealed aggregates attributed to covalently interlinked C(60)(nIPR) units.
  • C(60)(nIPR) films demonstrated significantly higher thermal stability than C(60)(I(h)) solids.
  • UPS showed a distinct triplet feature in C(60)(nIPR) films, indicating electronic modifications due to bonding.
  • C(60)(nIPR) films exhibited a narrower band gap compared to C(60)(I(h)).
  • Differential chemical reactivity towards deuterium incorporation was observed.

Conclusions:

  • C(60)(nIPR) films consist of covalently interlinked fullerene cage isomers.
  • Adjacent pentagon pairs within fullerene cages mediate the covalent cage-cage interconnection.
  • The intermolecular bonding significantly alters the electronic and chemical properties of the fullerene solid.
  • These findings open avenues for designing advanced carbon materials with tailored properties.