Triplet excitation of C60 and the structure of the crystal at 1.2 K

Author(s):
Groenen, E.J.J. (0000-0001-7530-9211); Poluektov, O.G.; Matsushita, M.; Schmidt, J.; Waals, J.H. van der; Meijer, G.
Published
1992
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Electron-spin-echo experiments at 95 GHz and 1.2 K reveal that the triplet excitation of a single crystal of C60 is delocalized over either a pair or a chain of C60 molecules along <110> directions. Two distinct triplet species have been observed in a one-to-one ratio which verifies the proposed 2 a0 face-centred cubic superstructure of the crystal at low temperature. The C60 molecules on the two sublattices differ by a rotation over 60-degrees about <111> directions.

Date issued
1992-09-11
Language
English
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Is part of
Chemical Physics Letters (1992), Vol. 197, no. 3, p. 314-318
hdl
1887/3594215
doi
10.1016/0009-2614(92)85775-6
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0009261492857756?via%3Dihub