Structure of C60 polymer coatings deposited via electron-beam dispersion of fullerite

The structure and surface of thin coatings deposited via electron-beam dispersion of the C-60 fullerite have been investigated using IR and Raman spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and atomic-force microscopy. It has been demonstrated that layers with different contents of the polymerized phase, crystals of the tetragonal polymer phase, and three-dimensional polymeric forms of the C-60 fullerene are formed under the conditions providing for irradiation by secondary electrons in vacuum at a substrate temperature of 300 K.