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Laser-ablation of C60La2O3 mixture. A new route for trapping metal atoms inside a fullerene cage

✍ Scribed by Rongbin Huang; Hongdi Li; Wenyun Lu; Shihe Yang


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
476 KB
Volume
228
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


The reaction of excimer laser (XeCl, 308 nm) vaporized and excited fullerene CsO with La was carried out in a mixture of Cao and LalOp. The reaction products La@&, IA@C~,,-~~ and La@Cso+2m were identified by a reflectron type time-of-flight mass spectrometer (RTOFMS). This work provides a first experimental evidence of endohedral metallofullerene formation by letting a La atom penetrate into the CeO cage through a sort of 'window' mechanism.