Evidence for C<sub>60</sub>dimerisation in the fulleride [Cr(C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>12</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup>C<sub>60</sub><sup>−</sup>

Andreas Hönnerscheid, Leo van Wüllen, Robert E. Dinnebier, Martin Jansen, Jürgen Rahmer, Michael Mehring

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · 2004 · 18 citations · 19 references

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We report a detailed study of the structure, dynamics and electronic structure of the new fulleride [Cr(C9H12)2]+C60−. Using a variety of characterization tools including EPR, NMR, SQUID magnetic measurements and high resolution X-ray powder diffraction a spin pairing of the C60− spins with decreasing temperatures could be observed. Contrary to the observed phase transition of first order in the related compound [Cr(C6H9)2]+C60− the phase transition observed in the title compound is of higher order.

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