A comparative reflection electron energy loss study of C60 and graphite

Autor: Hagai Cohen, E. Kolodney, M. Folman, Tsofar Maniv
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Solid State Communications. 81:183-186
ISSN: 0038-1098
DOI: 10.1016/0038-1098(92)90385-m
Popis: Electronic excitations of solid C60 have been studied using the reflection EELS technique with a 0.2 eV energy resolution. A comparison with graphite revealed an overall similarity of the spectral gross features, while significant differences were observed in the fine details, mainly at low loss energies. A similar dominant plasmon was observed in C60 at a slightly shifted energy of 23.2 eV. For C60, in contrast to graphite, a clear energy loss onset was found at 1.7 eV and up to 6 eV six loss peaks were clearly observed. It was found that minima in the loss spectrum fit well with reported optical transitions. This observation supports an interpretation which attributes a significant collective character to the loss peaks.
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