Published October 14, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

An experimental probe of bonding nature in rare earth metal doped fullerenes

  • 1. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292 (Japan)
  • 2. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, 332-0012 (Japan)
  • 3. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8062 (Japan)

Description

The bonding nature between metals and fullerene molecules has been experimentally probed using x-ray analysis. The Maximum entropy method (MEM) based on the Rietveld analysis was performed on the synchrotron x-ray diffraction pattern of nominal Sm3C70 to estimate the electron density distribution (EDD). The estimated EDD of Sm3C70 unambiguously demonstrated a covalent Sm-C bond. Furthermore, the Sm bridges two C70 molecules, producing a C70-Sm-C70 dimer structure

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
633
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 51-54
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
16. international winterschool on electronic properties of novel materials
Dates
2-9 Mar 2002
Place
Kirchberg, Tirol (Austria)

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(c) 2002 American Institute of Physics