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We present 7Li and 23Na MAS-NMR measurements of Li4C60 and Na4C60 and discuss structural parameters for these materials. From 7Li NMR on Li4C60, we find good agreement with the recently proposed st ...

We present an analysis of three different two-dimensional polymers, tetragonal C60, Li4C60, and Na4C60. Based on X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, we conclude that Li4C60 forms a tetragonal ...

We show in this paper that characteristic features in the Raman spectra, especially the frequency of the pentagonal pinch mode, can give information about the polymeric structure of pressure polymerised C60. High-pressure treatment at 1 GPa below 510 K for 3 h results in the formation of a low fraction of dimers only, while treatment at the same pressure and time above 540 K affords a fully polymerised material. In the latter case, different relative fractions of dimers and polymer chains are obtained depending on whether the final reaction conditions were reached by isobaric or isothermal path. We suggest that this difference results from different reaction dynamics in the two cases. The polymerisation rate depends on T and p and on the rotational and orientational states of the molecules. At 1 GPa no polymerisation is observed in sc C60, while in “hexagon” oriented sc C60 at 1.7 GPa dimers are already formed 175 K below the fcc–sc transition and a fully polymerised material is obtained just below the transition to the fcc phase.

We report the results of direct in situ resistance measurements of Rb4C60 under high pressure up to 2 GPa, in the temperature range 90–400 K. The resistance changes smoothly with pressure and temperature without sharp anomalies, and all data sets can be fitted to the same theoretical semiconductor model. We find no signs of the insulator-to-metal transition previously reported in this range, but the fitted band gap decreases with pressure and such a transition may possibly take place above 5 GPa.

We have studied the structural, thermophysical, and spectroscopic properties of polymeric C60 obtained by high pressure treatment at pressures and temperatures near 1 GPa and 600 K. We present here ...

We have examined intercalated compounds of C60 containing four light alkali metal atoms per molecule. The single-metal compounds Na4C60 and Li4C60 form two-dimensional polymers with intermolecular ...