High-resolution transmission electron microscopic and electron diffraction studies of C_(60) single crystal films before and after electron-beam irradiation

摘要

We observed single crystal C_(60) films before and after 3 kV electron-beam irradiation, using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction (ED). Comparison between the experimental and simulated ED patterns demonstrates a mixture of body-centered orthorhombic and hexagonal close packed-monoclinic based one-dimensional C_(60) polymer models with the intermolecular distance of 9.28 A well reproduces the experimental ED results.