Electron-energy-loss spectroscopy of plasmon excitations in concentric-shell fullerenes

Luc Henrard; Frédéric Malengreau; Petra Rudolf; Kadosa Hevesi; Roland Caudano; Philippe Lambin; Thierry Cabioc'h

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.59.5832

Electron-energy-loss spectroscopy of plasmon excitations in concentric-shell fullerenes

Luc Henrard, Frédéric Malengreau, Petra Rudolf, Kadosa Hevesi, Roland Caudano, Philippe Lambin, Thierry Cabioc'h

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We report evidence for surface plasmon excitations in concentric-shell fullerenes. A film of these concentric-shell fullerenes with radii around 5–7 nm was produced by carbon bombardment of a silver polycrystalline target and measured by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in reflection geometry. These data were analyzed with the help of a dielectric theory developed for EELS in transmission geometry. Taking into account the concentric-shell–substrate interaction, the spectral shape can be explained as a combination of contributions from σ−π* interband transitions (around 13.5 eV), from the surface radial (σ−π*) and tangential (σ−σ*) plasmons (around 14.5 eV and 16.7 eV, respectively), and from the volume plasmon (24.5 eV).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5832-5836
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	59
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.5832
Publication status	Published - 1999

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Electron-energy-loss spectroscopy of plasmon excitations in concentric-shell fullerenes

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