Reactions of carbon cluster ions with small hydrocarbons
摘要:
The ion/molecule reactions of laser-generated carbon cluster ions, C+n (n=3–20), with the neutral hydrocarbons CH4, C2H2, and C2H4 are studied using Fourier transform mass spectrometry. Branching ratios and rate constants are reported for the observed reactions. The reactions and proposed mechanisms are consistent with previous results and suggest a structural change of the cluster ions from linear to cyclic between n=9 and 10. The proposed reaction mechanisms include carbene insertion into both the C–H bonds and the unsaturated C–C bonds of the reactant neutrals. The reactions of the cluster ions with the unsaturated hydrocarbons C2H2 and C2H4 are the first systems in which the cyclic (n≥10) cluster ions are reactive. The results of the reactivity of the carbon cluster ions with the carbon-containing neutrals are discussed in terms of the stability of the clusters toward carbon atom addition and cluster growth. Further evidence is reported for the presence of structural isomers (linear and cyclic) of C+7 including a novel reaction sequence used to remove the linear isomer so that the reactivity of the cyclic isomer with C2H2 may be studied independently.
Carbon cluster formation in regenerative sooting plasmas
作者:Shoaib Ahmad
DOI:10.1016/s0375-9601(99)00633-7
日期:1999.10
Abstract Laboratory formation of large carbon clusters C m ( m ≤10 4 ) in carbonaceous plasmas is studied by using a specially designed ion source. Carbon is introduced into the glow discharge plasma by graphite sputtering. Regenerativesooting plasma creates clustering environment. Velocity spectra of the extracted clusters indicates the mechanisms operating in the soot.
摘要 利用特殊设计的离子源研究了碳质等离子体中大碳簇C m ( m ≤10 4 ) 的实验室形成。通过石墨溅射将碳引入辉光放电等离子体。再生烟尘等离子体创建聚集环境。提取的簇的速度谱表明在烟尘中运行的机制。
UV and IR absorption spectra of C3 embedded in solid para-hydrogen
presents the UV and IRabsorption spectroscopy of small carbon molecules of C3 observed using a high-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometer. The C3 molecules were produced by irradiation of dimers or larger clusters of acetylene with an ArF laser (λ=193 nm). Sharp UV absorption features with multiple structures were observed in the electronic transition of C3. The sharp UV absorption demonstrates the
Carbon cluster cations with up to 84 atoms: structures, formation mechanism, and reactivity
作者:Gert von Helden、Ming Teh Hsu、Nigel Gotts、Michael T. Bowers
DOI:10.1021/j100133a011
日期:1993.8
Carbon clusters are generated by laser desorption. Mass-selected beams are then pulse injected into an ion chromatography (IC) device. This device temporally and spatially separates the beam into its isomeric components. Arrival time distributions (ATDs) are then measured at the detector. From these distributions, accurate mobilities are obtained for each isomeric component, along with the fractional abundance of each isomer. Different isomer structures are calculated using quantum chemical methods. A Monte Carlo technique uses these structures to obtain accurate theoretical mobilities. Comparison of theory with experiment allows unambiguous structural assignment of the various families of isomers present in the cluster beam. The results indicate that, for carbon cluster cations, linear structures exist up to C-10+. Several families of planar ring systems begin with monocyclic rings (ring I), which first appear at C-7+ and persist beyond C40+. Bicyclic rings (ring II) are first observed at C21+ and persist beyond C40+, followed by tricyclic rings (ring III, initiated at C30+) and tetracyclic rings (ring IV, initiated at C40+). A 3-dimensional family we label as 3-D rings begins at C29+, whose structure is not yet unambiguously assigned. This family never exceeds 5% of the ions at any cluster size. Finally, the first fullerene is observed at C30+, with this family dominating above C50+. The growth pattern of carbon, beginning with C atoms, is shown to be linear --> monocyclic rings --> polycyclic rings --> fullerenes. No graphitic or ''cup'' shaped isomers are observed, eliminating these species as building blocks for fullerenes. Our structural data, when coupled with recently published annealing studies, indicate that fullerenes are formed from isomerization of hot planar ring systems and that monocyclic rings and fullerenes are close in energy between C30+ and C36+ with fullerenes dominating above C36+. Reactions Of C-7+ to C-15+ with O2 and NO are reported and indicate that linear chains are generally much more reactive than rings. Finally, C60 and C70 are made with up to four positive charges but retain the fullerene cage structure.
Fullerene and nanotube synthesis. plasma spectroscopy studies
作者:Przemysław Byszewski、Hubert Lange、Andrzej Huczko、Jürgen F. Behnke
DOI:10.1016/s0022-3697(97)00051-6
日期:1997.11
Carbon plasma emission spectoscopy allows the determination of the temperature and density of carbon vapour in the are zone where carbon nanostructures are formed. We focus our attention on carbon nanotube growth which depends on the are current and buffer gas pressure. Our spectral measurements elucidate the general trend governing efficient nanotube formation. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
Evolution of clusters in energetic heavy ion bombarded amorphous graphite
作者:M.N. Akhtar、Bashir Ahmad、Shoaib Ahmad
DOI:10.1016/s0375-9601(97)00581-1
日期:1997.10
Carbon clusters have been generated by a novel technique of energetic heavy ion bombardment of amorphous graphite. The evolution of clusters and their subsequent fragmentation under continuing ion bombardment is revealed by detecting various clusters in the energy spectra of the direct recoils emitted as a result of collision between ions and surface constituents. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.