Photoinduced polymerization of solid C60 films
Abstract
The irradiation of oxygen-free, face-centered-cubic C60 films with visible or ultraviolet light phototransformed C60 into a different solid phase. Results from laser desorption mass spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman and infrared spectroscopy, optical absorption, and luminescence indicate that a photopolymerization of the fullerene molecules within the film occurred.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.259.5097.955
- Bibcode:
- 1993Sci...259..955R
- Keywords:
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- Buckminsterfullerene;
- Photoelectric Emission;
- Polymerization;
- Thin Films;
- Crystal Structure;
- Infrared Spectroscopy;
- Laser Spectroscopy;
- Mass Spectroscopy;
- Raman Spectroscopy;
- Scanning Electron Microscopy;
- Solid-State Physics