Polymeric sheets in Mg4C60

✍ Scribed by F. Borondics; G. Oszlányi; G. Faigel; S. Pekker

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 127
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/s0038-1098(03)00434-4

✦ Synopsis

We present preliminary results on the preparation and structure of Mg 4 C 60 , a new fulleride polymer. A series of Mg x C 60 compositions (0 , x , 6) were prepared by solid state reaction. While most samples were multiphase, a single phase material was obtained at the nominal composition Mg 4 C 60 . The X-ray diffraction pattern of Mg 4 C 60 was successfully indexed and fitted to a rhombohedral structure based on two-dimensional polymeric sheets of C 60 ions. This result extends the family of fulleride polymers to the salts of multiply charged cations and thus opens a new direction in this field.