FLUID FULLERITE

If macroscopic quantities of C60 clusters can be induced by modest application of pressure to form a stable fluid, at elevated temperatures, then the structure of this phase as recorded in the total static structure factor should be remarkably different from simple atomic and molecular fluids, particularly in its temperature dependence. The geometric structure factor of a single cluster acts in a dramatic way to amplify the small-angle scattering, an observation that leads to the possibility of obtaining direct information on the nature of cluster interactions.