title: Squeezing of nitrogen atomic orbitals in a chemical trap
abstract: Fullerenes can act as inert cages for highly reactive nitrogen atoms even at room temperature. Confinement in a cage of less than spherical symmetry as realized in C70 leads to a characteristic deformation of the atomic charge and spin distributions which can be sensed by magnetic resonance techniques. A quantitative analysis of the amount of orbital squeezing is possible by comparison with data of free nitrogen ions.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry III, TU Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 20, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weiden
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goedde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dinse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohrer