The structure of carbon clusters as studied by the coulomb explosion method
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions
- Vol. 86 (13) , 2469-2472
- https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9908602469
Abstract
The Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) method has been used to determine the structure and photochemistry of carbon clusters. The cyclic isomer of Cn for 4 ⩽n⩽ 6 was observed, using a combination of laser photo-detachment techniques and the CEI method. The cyclic C4 electron affinity was found to be 2.1 ± 0.1 eV, more than one eV lower than the electron affinity of the linear isomer. Upper limits for the electron affinities of the cyclic C5, and C6 were also established.Keywords
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