Effect of oxygen and iodine on the optical and magnetic properties of fullerite C60

The effect of oxygen and iodine on the optical and magnetic properties of fullerite C 60 is studied by luminescence and EPR spectroscopy within widely varied experimental conditions (temperature of the medium, oxygen or buffer gas pressure, concentration of iodine vapor). It is demonstrated that the efficiency of the singlet oxygen formation when a fullerene sample is irradiated by a neodymium laser at a wavelength of 532 nm and the amplitude of the EPR signal emitted from the unirradiated sample are strongly affected by the concentrations of both oxygen and iodine vapor sorbed by the fullerene sample, as well as by its surface temperature. The spin-spin and spin-lattice relaxation times of paramagnetic centers in fullerite samples studied in the presence of molecular oxygen are determined by the method of microwave radiation absorption saturation.