Synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes by ion implantation

TL;DR

This study demonstrates the synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes through low energy Fe+ ion irradiation of C60 films, analyzing the process and isolating the resulting compounds using advanced spectrometry and chromatography techniques.

Contribution

It introduces a method for synthesizing endohedral iron-fullerenes using ion implantation with a deceleration system, providing insights into the process and analysis.

Findings

Successful synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes confirmed by mass spectrometry

Effective isolation of synthesized fullerenes achieved through chromatography

Deceleration system improves low-energy Fe+ ion implantation efficiency

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the results of our study of the synthesis of endohedral iron-fullerenes. A low energy Fe+ ion beam was irradiated to C60 thin film by using a deceleration system. Fe+-irradiated C60 thin film was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography and laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. We investigated the performance of the deceleration system for using a Fe+ beam with low energy. In addition, we attempted to isolate the synthesized material from a Fe+-irradiated C60 thin film by high performance liquid chromatography.