PRE-1990 EVIDENCE FOR THE FULLERENE PROPOSAL

被引:8
作者
CURL, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] RICE UNIV,RICE QUANTUM INST,HOUSTON,TX 77251
关键词
FULLERENES; METALATION; PHOTOFRAGMENTATION; MASS SPECTROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1016/0008-6223(92)90058-5
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
During the period 1985 to 1990, the closed cage carbon molecules known as the fullerenes could be observed only in the mass spectrometer. Through a number of mass spectrometric and theoretical investigations, a considerable amount of evidence was obtained supporting the hypothesis that closed cage carbon clusters are formed spontaneously in condensing carbon vapor, with the most stable one being the highly symmetrical, truncated icosahedron C60 molecule. From these studies a coherent description of the structure and properties of the fullerenes, especially C60 and C70, emerged which has been validated and greatly extended by investigations by many workers on macroscopic samples of these materials during the last two years.
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页码:1149 / 1155
页数:7
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