TY - JOUR
T1 - Reorientational dynamics of solid C70 probed by positive muons
AU - Macrae, Roderick M.
AU - Prassides, Kosmas
AU - Thomas, Ian M.
AU - Roduner, Emil
AU - Niedermayer, Christof
AU - Binninger, Ulrich
AU - Bernhard, Christian
AU - Hofer, Anselm
AU - Reid, Ivan D.
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - The dynamics of muonium (Mu) adducts to C70 in the crystalline state have been studied using zero-field muon spin relaxation (ZF-μSR) and avoided level crossing muon spin resonance (ALC-μSR) spectroscopy. The two techniques are sensitive to complementary ranges of temperature and together give a complete and consistent picture of the molecular motion. The behavior of the MuC70 radicals which are characterized by a prolate hyperfine matrix with components Dxx = -6.8(2) MHz, Dyy = -3.7(2) MHz, Dzz = 10.5(2) MHz is well-described by a pseudostatic model with a temperature-dependent order parameter. In contrast, MuC60 shows a spherically isotropic diffusive or jump reorientation mechanism. C70 is frozen on a time scale of around 30 ns up to 170 K. On further heating, the motion is found to be complex, consisting of a uniaxial rotation part together with a nutational or jumping motion of the unique axis. Anisotropy on the 30 ns time scale persists up to 370 K, well into the face-centered cubic phase of solid C70. Above 390 K, the reorientational motion is essentially isotropic and the avoided level crossing resonance line disappears.
AB - The dynamics of muonium (Mu) adducts to C70 in the crystalline state have been studied using zero-field muon spin relaxation (ZF-μSR) and avoided level crossing muon spin resonance (ALC-μSR) spectroscopy. The two techniques are sensitive to complementary ranges of temperature and together give a complete and consistent picture of the molecular motion. The behavior of the MuC70 radicals which are characterized by a prolate hyperfine matrix with components Dxx = -6.8(2) MHz, Dyy = -3.7(2) MHz, Dzz = 10.5(2) MHz is well-described by a pseudostatic model with a temperature-dependent order parameter. In contrast, MuC60 shows a spherically isotropic diffusive or jump reorientation mechanism. C70 is frozen on a time scale of around 30 ns up to 170 K. On further heating, the motion is found to be complex, consisting of a uniaxial rotation part together with a nutational or jumping motion of the unique axis. Anisotropy on the 30 ns time scale persists up to 370 K, well into the face-centered cubic phase of solid C70. Above 390 K, the reorientational motion is essentially isotropic and the avoided level crossing resonance line disappears.
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U2 - 10.1021/j100098a005
DO - 10.1021/j100098a005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001100845
VL - 98
SP - 12133
EP - 12141
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry
SN - 0022-3654
IS - 47
ER -