Fullerene-rare gas mixed plasmas in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source
Plasma Physics
2015-01-29 v1
Abstract
A synthesis technology of endohedral fullerenes such as Fe@C60 has developed with an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source. The production of N@C60 was reported. However, the yield was quite low, since most fullerene molecules were broken in the ECR plasma. We have adopted gas-mixing techniques in order to cool the plasma and then reduce fullerene dissociation. Mass spectra of ion beams extracted from fullerene-He, Ar or Xe mixed plasmas were observed with a Faraday cup. From the results, the He gas mixing technique is effective against fullerene destruction.
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@article{arxiv.1501.07017,
title = {Fullerene-rare gas mixed plasmas in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source},
author = {T. Asaji and T. Ohba and T. Uchida and H. Minezaki and S. Ishihara and R. Racz and M. Muramatsu and S. Biri and A. Kitagawa and Y. Kato and Y. Yoshida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.07017},
year = {2015}
}