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Aug, 2004

Electronic structures of exohedral lanthanide-C-60 clusters

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • J Suzumura
  • ,
  • N Hosoya
  • ,
  • S Nagao
  • ,
  • M Mitsui
  • ,
  • A Nakajima

Volume
121
Number
6
First page
2649
Last page
2654
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1063/1.1767514
Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS

We have studied the electronic structures of several gas phase exohedral lanthanide (Ln)-C-60 clusters, Ln(n)C(60) (Ln=Pr, Ho, Tb, Tm, Eu, and Yb) with n=1-4, by photoionization spectroscopy of the neutrals and photoelectron spectroscopy of their anions. Both of the spectroscopic analyses reveal that most of the Ln atoms preferably take +3 oxidation states, while Eu atoms alone assume +2 oxidation states, and that C-60 accepts up to twelve donated electrons in Ln(n)C(60). An additional photoionization examination of the oxygen atom mixing into the Ln(n)C(60) clusters demonstrated that each oxygen atom reduces two electrons from C-60. This result implies that the number of accepted electrons in C-60 can be varied by a suitable choice of the number of Ln atoms and O atoms. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1767514
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000222855700025&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1063/1.1767514
  • ISSN : 0021-9606
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000222855700025

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