Solvent molecules in crystalline C60

Skokan E.V. , Privalov V.I. , Arkhangelskii I.V. , Davidov V.Ya. , Tamm N.B.

Phys. Chem, vol. 103, N 12, pp. 2050-2053, (1999)

ABSTRACT. A set of samples C60(cr.) was prepared and studied using X-ray diffraction analysis, 1H NMR, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and gas adsorption methods for elucidating the state of residual solvents in C60. The solvent molecules were found to be adsorbed at interfaces of the microcrystals of C60(cr); "sintering" of the microcrystals on heating is assumed to be responsible for entrapping some of the solvent molecules in the sample. This may explain the difficulty of removal of the solvents from fullerene samples. The disappearance of the orientational phase transition in DSC curves of mechanically treated samples was interpreted in terms of space defects in the crystals of C60.

Laboratory of Thermochemistry