Laboratory study of the formation of fullerene (from smaller to larger, C$_{44}$ to C$_{70}$)/anthracene cluster cations in the gas phase
Deping Zhang,
Yuanyuan Yang,
Xiaoyi Hu
et al.
Abstract:The formation and evolution mechanism of fullerenes in the planetary nebula or in the interstellar medium are still not understood. Here we present the study on the cluster formation and the relative reactivity of fullerene cations (from smaller to larger, C 44 to C 70 ) with anthracene molecule (C 14 H 10 ). The experiment is performed in the apparatus that combines a quadrupole ion trap with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. By using a 355 nm laser beam to irradiate the trapped fullerenes cations (C 60 + o… Show more
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