Systematic study of lanthanoid endohedral metallofullerenes: Production yields, HPLC retention time and reactor irradiation effects

K. Sueki, K. Akiyama, Y. L. Zhao, I. Ito, Y. Ohkubo, K. Kikuchi, M. Katada, H. Nakahara

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Abstract

We made systematic studies of lanthanoid metallofullerenes on the following three properties using the radiochemical method: (1) the relative production yields of metallofullerene species, (2) variation of the HPLC retention time among M(III)@C82 species, and (3) the effects of the reactor irradiation on the survival yields of each metallofullerene species. The production yields of M@C82 relative to La@C82 were found to decrease as the atomic number of M became larger and as the number of atom ratio, M/C, in the carbon rod became larger. On the other hand, the production yields of M1M2@C82, relative to that of LuM@C82 were found to increase for the larger atomic number. The retention time for the M(III)@C82 species in the Buckyprep column was found to become slightly longer for the larger atomic number but it becomes abruptly larger for Gd, and Tb by about 5%. The overall effects of the reactor irradiation on the survival yields (or retention yields) of M@C82 species were found to be (19.7±2.1)%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)159-164
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume255
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Pollution
  • Spectroscopy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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