Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1994, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (5): 758.

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The Relationship Between the Formation of C60 and the Lattice Plane of Graphite(I)

XIE Zhao-Xiong, LIU Zhao-Yang, LIN Feng-Chen, WANG Chun-Ru, ZHENG Lan-Sun   

  1. State Key Leaboratory of Solid Surface Physical Chemistry.Dcpartment of Chemistry, Xiamen Uniuersity, Xiamen, 361005
  • Received:1994-01-05 Online:1994-05-24 Published:1994-05-24

Abstract: The high oriented pyrolytic graphite(HOPG) in different orientations, graphite,grassy carbon were ablated by pulsed laser in high vacuum, and their products were recorded in situ by mass spectrometry. The (0001) plane of HOPG yielded mainly C60 and C70 ions.However, the plane vertical to (0001) plane of HOPG produced no fullerence, so did grassy carbon. The products from graphite contained different sizes of carbon cluster including C60 and other fullerences. These results show that the formation of C60 is closely related to the lattice plane of graphite.

Key words: C60, Laser ablation, Graphite lattice plane

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