Abstract
The first successful production and chromatographic isolation of erbium endohedral metallofullerenes are reported. A series of 21 different erbium endohedral metallofullerenes, having one, two, and three erbium metal atoms encapsulated in a range of higher fullerene cages, has been separated and isolated. All these newly synthesized metallofullerenes are characterized by LD-TOF mass spectrometry and UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy. Their possible molecular symmetry, HOMO-LUMO band gap, and electronic structure are discussed in terms of their absorption spectra and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) elution time. Their separation and isolation procedure by multistage HPLC is also discussed in detail.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2374-2379 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)
- Materials Chemistry
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Tagmatarchis, N., Aslanis, E., Prassides, K., & Shinohara, H. (2001). Mono-, di- and trierbium endohedral metallofullerenes: Production, separation, isolation, and spectroscopic study. Chemistry of Materials, 13(7), 2374-2379. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm000955g