Published April 19, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Formation of new materials in fullerenes by using nuclear recoil

  • 1. Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University, Mikamine, Taihaku, Sendai 982-0826 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, 240-8501 (Japan)
  • 3. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)
  • 4. National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya (NIRIN), 1-1 Hirate-cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya 462-8510 (Japan)
  • 5. NTT Opto-Electronics Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-11 (Japan)
  • 6. Radiation Science Center, KEK, Tanashi, Tokyo 188-8501 (Japan)

Description

The formation of Sb or Te atom-incorporated fullerenes has been investigated by using radionuclides produced by nuclear reactions. From the trace of radioactivities of 120Sb(122Sb) or 121Te after High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), it was found that the formation of endohedral fullerenes or heterofullerenes in atoms of Sb or Te is possible by a recoil process following the nuclear reactions. To confirm the produced materials, ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations based on an all-electron mixed-basis approach was carried out. We present possibility of the formation of endohedral fullerenes or substitutional heterofullerenes incorporated with Sb or Te atoms

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
561
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 204-213
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
4. Tours symposium on nuclear physics
Dates
4-7 Sep 2000
Place
Tours (France)

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Notes
(c) 2001 American Institute of Physics.