Selective synthesis of nitrogen encapsulated fullerene and azafullerene using plasma-ion irradiation method

T. Kaneko, S. Abe, S. Nishigaki, H. Ishida, R. Hatakeyama

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Abstract

A nitrogen atom encapsulated fullerene (N@C60) and an azafullerene (C59N), which have characteristic features as novel materials for electronic devices, are selectively synthesized by a plasma-ion irradiation method. It is found that the optimum energies of irradiated ion for C59N and N@C60 syntheses exist around 40-50 eV and 50-200 eV, respectively. The massspectrum peak originated from N@C60 is observed using laser-desorption timeof-flight mass spectrometry. The purity of N@C60 to C60 in the nitrogenfullerene compounds after ion irradiation is about 10-3-10-2 %, which can be improved by high performance liquid chromatography.

Original languageEnglish
Pages279-282
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event4th Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2007 - Snowbird, UT, United States
Duration: 2007 Apr 182007 Apr 21

Conference

Conference4th Conference on Foundations of Nanoscience: Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, FNANO 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySnowbird, UT
Period07/4/1807/4/21

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