Rovibrational quantum state resolution of the C60 fullerene

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The unique physical properties of buckminsterfullerene, C60, have attracted intense research activity since its original discovery. Total quantum state-resolved spectroscopy of isolated C60 molecules has been of particularly long-standing interest. Such observations have, to date, been unsuccessful owing to the difficulty in preparing cold, gas-phase C60 in sufficiently high densities. Here we report high-resolution infrared absorption spectroscopy of C60 in the 8.5-micron spectral region (1180 to 1190 wave number).

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2019
Date Published
2019-01
Journal Title
Science
Volume
363
Start Page or Article ID
49-54
ISSN Number
0036-8075
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