Deposition of endohedral fullerenes from a laser evaporation cluster source

Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Study of Chromatographically Isolated Li@C60 and Li@C70

“…8 The number of genuinely isolated and investigated M@C 60 species, produced by the arc-discharge method, is limited to only a few examples (M ) Er, 9 Eu, 10 Dy, 11 and probably Gd 12 ). Neeb et al 13 succeeded in obtaining individual M@C 60 (M ) La, Ce) molecules that were isolated by in situ deposition of mass-selected plasma-generated metal-carbon clusters. However, the described method is not suitable for bulk production.…”

An experimental setup for nondestructive deposition of size-selected clusters

“…32 The performance of the machine is illustrated by mass spectra of metal-carbon clusters and STM pictures of Ce@C 60 on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite ͑HOPG͒. Figure 1 shows an overview of the experimental setup.…”

Low-Energy Ionic Collisions at Molecular Solids

“…HOPG substrates provide an excellent SL surface for fullerene ions − and a good surface for SID in general . Atomic defects such as vacancies and interstitials have been produced at HOPG surfaces by low-energy ion collisions, and these atomic defects are further etched into nanoscopic pits and channels via O 2 oxidation of the surface. , HOPG can act as a good hydrophobic surface for condensed molecular solids.…”

“…The tilt angle is larger for C 96 H 30 compared to C 42 H 18 . In a different study, plasma-generated endohedral fullerene clusters were soft landed onto HOPG, and the resulting cluster-covered samples were transferred into a variable-temperature STM instrument under UHV conditions. − Successive STM measurements revealed that La@C 60 could be mobile on an HOPG surface …”