Electronic Structure of Unoccupied States of Fluorinated Fullerenes C60F18 and C60F36
Titel:
Electronic Structure of Unoccupied States of Fluorinated Fullerenes C60F18 and C60F36
Auteur:
Mikoushkin, V. M. Shnitov, V. V. Bryzgalov, V. V. Gordeev, Yu. S. Boltalina, O. V. Gol'dt, I. V. Molodtsov, S. L. Vyalykh, D. V.
Verschenen in:
Fullerenes, nanotubes & carbon nanostructures
Paginering:
Jaargang 16 (2008) nr. 5-6 pagina's 588-592
Jaar:
2008-09
Inhoud:
Comparative study of near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectra (NEXAFS) of fluorinated fullerenes C60Fx (x = 0, 18, 36) has been implemented. Local density of unoccupied states was obtained and an accurate boundary between π* and (π+σ)* states was determined. The experimental evidence was found that unoccupied π*- states of C60Fx are delocalized ones and form cluster shells that sequentially disappear in fluorination starting from the highest state. As a result, the density of the lowest π* - state (LUMO) was revealed to remain being constant in fluorination despite the π -electron subsystem exhaustion.