Titel
Spectromicroscopy of C60 and azafullerene C59N: Identifying surface adsorbed water
Autor*in
Dogan Erbahar
Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Université de Nantes
Autor*in
Xavier Rocquefelte
Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Université de Nantes
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Abstract
C60 fullerene crystals may serve as important catalysts for interstellar organic chemistry. To explore this possibility, the electronic structures of free-standing powders of C60 and (C59N)2 azafullerenes are characterized using X-ray microscopy with near-edge X-ray adsorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, closely coupled with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This is supported with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements and associated core-level shift DFT calculations. We compare the oxygen 1s spectra from oxygen impurities in C60 and C59N, and calculate a range of possible oxidized and hydroxylated structures and associated formation barriers. These results allow us to propose a model for the oxygen present in these samples, notably the importance of water surface adsorption and possible ice formation. Water adsorption on C60 crystal surfaces may prove important for astrobiological studies of interstellar amino acid formation.
Stichwort
Other nanotechnologySpace physics
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:561340
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Titel
Scientific Reports
Band
6
Verlag
Springer Nature
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
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