| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Coalescence reactions of fullerenes |
| Authors: | Yeretzian, Chahan Hansen, Klavs Diederich, François Whetten, Robert L. |
| DOI: | 10.1038/359044a0 |
| Published in: | Nature |
| Volume(Issue): | 359 |
| Issue: | 6390 |
| Page(s): | 44 |
| Pages to: | 47 |
| Issue Date: | 3-Sep-1992 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 1476-4687 0028-0836 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Fullerenes; Coalescence |
| Subject (DDC): | 540: Chemistry |
| Abstract: | The production of fullerene molecules typically involves extreme high-temperature conditions (electric arcs, flames or resistive heating), and the reactive processes involved are poorly understood. Once separated these molecules can undergo several important reactions, including formation of charge-transfer and adduct compounds, and the encapsulation of atoms. Here we present evidence for coalescence reactions between fullerene molecules: mass spectrometric measurements on hot, dense vapours of small fullerenes (C60 and C70) reveal the formation of stable higher fullerenes which are multiples of the initial masses. The heat of coalescence is released through emission of small, even-numbered fragments which, in a very dense vapour, are efficiently captured by other coalesced fullerenes. These findings have implications for the mechanisms of fullerene formation and growth, and may open the way to new synthetic routes to selected higher fullerenes and encapsulation compounds. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/5427 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology (ICBT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Yeretzian, C., Hansen, K., Diederich, F., & Whetten, R. L. (1992). Coalescence reactions of fullerenes. Nature, 359(6390), 44–47. https://doi.org/10.1038/359044a0
Yeretzian, C. et al. (1992) ‘Coalescence reactions of fullerenes’, Nature, 359(6390), pp. 44–47. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/359044a0.
C. Yeretzian, K. Hansen, F. Diederich, and R. L. Whetten, “Coalescence reactions of fullerenes,” Nature, vol. 359, no. 6390, pp. 44–47, Sep. 1992, doi: 10.1038/359044a0.
YERETZIAN, Chahan, Klavs HANSEN, François DIEDERICH und Robert L. WHETTEN, 1992. Coalescence reactions of fullerenes. Nature. 3 September 1992. Bd. 359, Nr. 6390, S. 44–47. DOI 10.1038/359044a0
Yeretzian, Chahan, Klavs Hansen, François Diederich, and Robert L. Whetten. 1992. “Coalescence Reactions of Fullerenes.” Nature 359 (6390): 44–47. https://doi.org/10.1038/359044a0.
Yeretzian, Chahan, et al. “Coalescence Reactions of Fullerenes.” Nature, vol. 359, no. 6390, Sept. 1992, pp. 44–47, https://doi.org/10.1038/359044a0.
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