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C60 And C70: Here’s Looking at you

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

D. M. Cox
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
S. Behal
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
K. Creegan
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
M. Disko
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
C. S. Hsu
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
E. Kollin
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
J. Millar
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
J. Robbins
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
W. Robbins
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
R. D. Sherwood
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
P. Tindall
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
D. Fischer
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
G. Meitzner
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ 08801
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Abstract

In this paper we will describe the production, separation and characterization of the new all carbon molecules, C60 and C70. High performance liquid chromatography HPLC is used to obtain purified samples of C60 and C70, which are subsequently characterized by electron impact and chemical ionization mass spectrometry, IR and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, NMR, ESR, scanning tunnelling microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and x-ray absorption fine structure measurements.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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