This study utilizes terahertz spectroscopy and inelastic neutron scattering to determine the potential energy function for the nonbonded interaction between helium atoms and C-60 fullerene cages. The experimentally derived potential is compared to estimates from quantum chemistry calculations and sums of empirical two-body potentials.
The interactions between atoms and molecules may be described by a potential energy function of the nuclear coordinates. Nonbonded interactions between neutral atoms or molecules are dominated by repulsive forces at a short range and attractive dispersion forces at a medium range. Experimental data on the detailed interaction potentials for nonbonded interatomic and intermolecular forces are scarce. Here, we use terahertz spectroscopy and inelastic neutron scattering to determine the potential energy function for the nonbonded interaction between single He atoms and encapsulating C-60 fullerene cages in the helium endofullerenes He-3@C-60 and He-4@C-60, synthesized by molecular surgery techniques. The experimentally derived potential is compared to estimates from quantum chemistry calculations and from sums of empirical two-body potentials. (C) 2021 Author(s).
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