ChemInform Abstract: Doping Bucky: Formation and Properties of Boron-Doped Buckminsterfullerene.
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It is demonstrated that highly stable fullerenes in which one or more atoms of the hollow carbon cage is replaced by a boron atom can be produced by laser vaporization using a target made from a mixture of graphite and boron nitride. The B-doped carbon clusters are characterized by their FT-ICR mass spectra. The absence of odd- numbered clusters, the relative prominence of clusters with 50, 60, and 70 atoms, and the fact that the clusters fragment by successive loss of C2 demonstrate that the clusters are fullerenes.
