Higher fullerenes: Compositional analysis by EDXD and molecular dynamics

Journal Article · Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4883040· OSTI ID:22311374

Carbone, Marilena ^[1]; Gontrani, Lorenzo ^[2]

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1. Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 I-00133 Roma (Italy)
2. CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Dipartimento di Chimica- Università Sapienza , P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00184 Roma (Italy)

A carbon soot of higher fullerenes was studied by Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction (EDXD) aiming at defining the overall structure as accurately as possible to define the overall structure, without lengthy separation and purification procedures. EDXD pattern was compared with model curves obtained for single homogeneous fullerenes already crystallized and for the hypothesized C180. All fullerenes contribute to the overall experimental curve to different extents, with C96 giving the best agreement. The presence of even higher fullerenes is very likely, since the hypothesized C180 gives a very good match as well.

• OSTI ID: 22311374
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1603, Issue 1; Conference: Nanoforum 2013, Rome (Italy), 18-20 Sep 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CRYSTALLIZATION
DIAGRAMS
FULLERENES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD
PURIFICATION
SOOT
X-RAY DIFFRACTION