TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Liu
AU - Jun Ye
AB - <p>The C<sub>60</sub> fullerene molecule has been the subject of intense study for four<br>decades, starting with its identification in the mass spectra of carbon soot in<br>1985. In this review, we focus on the achievement of ultra-high-resolution<br>spectroscopy of gas phase neutral C<sub>60</sub>, heralded by the observation of quan-<br>tum state–resolved infrared spectra in 2019. C<sub>60</sub> is now the largest and most<br>symmetric molecule for which rovibrational quantum state resolution has<br>been achieved, motivating the use of large molecules for studying com-<br>plex quantum systems with symmetries and degrees of freedom not readily<br>available in other composite systems.We discuss the theory, challenges, and<br>experimental techniques of high-resolution C<sub>60</sub> spectroscopy and recent ex-<br>perimental results probing the structure, dynamics, and interactions of C<sub>60</sub><br>enabled by quantum state resolution.</p>
BT - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
DA - 2025-02
DO - 10.1146/annurev-physchem-082423-013137
N2 - <p>The C<sub>60</sub> fullerene molecule has been the subject of intense study for four<br>decades, starting with its identification in the mass spectra of carbon soot in<br>1985. In this review, we focus on the achievement of ultra-high-resolution<br>spectroscopy of gas phase neutral C<sub>60</sub>, heralded by the observation of quan-<br>tum state–resolved infrared spectra in 2019. C<sub>60</sub> is now the largest and most<br>symmetric molecule for which rovibrational quantum state resolution has<br>been achieved, motivating the use of large molecules for studying com-<br>plex quantum systems with symmetries and degrees of freedom not readily<br>available in other composite systems.We discuss the theory, challenges, and<br>experimental techniques of high-resolution C<sub>60</sub> spectroscopy and recent ex-<br>perimental results probing the structure, dynamics, and interactions of C<sub>60</sub><br>enabled by quantum state resolution.</p>
PY - 2025
SP - 303
EP - 328
T2 - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
TI - Quantum State–Resolved Structure and Dynamics of C60 Fullerenes
UR - https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-physchem-082423-013137
VL - 76
ER -