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Investigation of Gd3N@C-2n (40 < n < 44) family by Raman and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy

Abstract

The structure and vibrational spectrum of Gd3N@C-80 is studied through Raman and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy as well as density-functional theory and universal force field calculations. Hindered rotations, shown by both theory and experiment, indicate the formation of a Gd3N-C-80 bond which reduces the ideal icosahedral symmetry of the C-80 cage. The vibrational modes involving the movement of the encapsulated species are a fingerprint of the interaction between the fullerene cage and the core complex. We present Raman data for the Gd3N@C-2n (40 < n < 44) family as well as Y3N@C-80, Lu3N@C-80, and Y3N@C-88 for comparison. Conductance measurements have been performed on Gd3N@C-80 and reveal a Kondo effect similar to that observed in C-60.

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Keywords

imaging contrast agent, water-soluble metallofullerenes, endohedral, metallofullerenes, magnetic-properties, carbon cages, fullerenes, cluster, junctions, spectra, size, physics, condensed matter

Citation

Burke, B. G.; Chan, J.; Williams, K. A.; Ge, J. C.; Shu, C. Y.; Fu, W. J.; Dorn, H. C.; Kushmerick, J. G.; Puretzky, A. A.; Geohegan, D. B., "Investigation of Gd3N@C-2n (40 < n < 44) family by Raman and inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. B 81, 115423 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.115423