Unfilled orbitals of C60 and C70 from carbon K-shell X-ray absorption fine structure

✍ Scribed by L.J. Terminello; D.K. Shuh; F.J. Himpsel; D.A. Lapiano-Smith; J. Stöhr; D.S. Bethune; G. Meijer

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 478 KB
• Volume: 182
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(91)90113-n

✦ Synopsis

The K-shell near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectra of solid CbO and Ciu have been recorded with high spectral resolution. The spectra exhibit sharp resonances associated with transitions to unfilled P* molecular orbitals and, at higher energy, broader resonances associated with cJ*-like orbitals. The observed energy splitting of the x* resonances can be accounted for by published extended Hiickel calculations. Our data clearly reveal that the fullerene films resemble molecular solids with considerably stronger intra-molecular than inter-molecular interactions.