Determination of the thermal stability of the fullerene dimers C120, C120O, and C120O2

Jinying Zhang; Kyriakos Porfyrakis; Mark R Sambrook; Arzhang Ardavan; G Andrew D Briggs

doi:10.1021/jp062506v

Determination of the thermal stability of the fullerene dimers C120, C120O, and C120O2

J Phys Chem B. 2006 Aug 31;110(34):16979-81. doi: 10.1021/jp062506v.

Authors

Jinying Zhang¹, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, Mark R Sambrook, Arzhang Ardavan, G Andrew D Briggs

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK. jinying.zhang@materials.ox.ac.uk

PMID: 16927990
DOI: 10.1021/jp062506v

Abstract

We have produced the fullerene dimers C(120), C(120)O, and C(120)O(2) by a high-speed vibration milling technique. The thermal stability of C(120), C(120)O, and C(120)O(2) has been studied in the temperature range 150-350 degrees C for up to 4 h under vacuum. The bridging oxygen atoms were found to substantially increase the stability of the fullerene dimer molecules.