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White light emission from C 60 molecules confined in molecular cage materials
Author(s) -
Hamilton Bruce,
Rimmer J. S.,
Anderson M.,
Leigh D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050717
Subject(s) - materials science , fullerene , white light , zeolite , molecule , cage , chemical physics , nanotechnology , molecular physics , optoelectronics , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , chemistry , combinatorics , mathematics
Confining C 60 in the cages within a zeolite (see Figure) results in the modification of the optical properties of the fullerene. This possibly results from a weak interaction of the C 60 with the wall of the zeolite which is, however, strong enough to perturb the electronic structure of the C 60 resulting in otherwise forbidden transitions (e.g. white light emission) being observed.