Extensive ozonation of C-60: Degradation or polymerization?

摘要

abstract_textpThe impact of the oxidizing agent ozone (O-3) on the structure of the most common spherical allotrope of carbon, buckminsterfullerene (C-60) is studied. Past studies measured ozonation of C-60 over short periods of time. In this study, we establish that C-60 is completely degraded, not polymerized, during ozonation. The techniques, laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry, UV/Vis absorbance spectroscopy, and FT-Raman are used to study the molecular degradation of the spherical allotrope C-60 by O-3./p/abstract_text