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Metal-fullerene composites represent a specific class of materials exhibiting interesting properties. However, the thin hybrid assemblies are thermodynamically unstable, thus the destructive processes such as thermal annealing can change their structure and properties.In this work, the thermal stability of nickel-fullerene composites was investigated over a broad temperature range. The evolution of the samples was monitored using Neutron Depth Profiling, Rutherford backscattering, micro-Raman spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy. The results showed that the hybrid films exhibit phase transformation upon heating, which leads to a dramatic change in their structure and in formation of a new self-assembled material.
Keywords: Energy storage systems, ion beam modifications, nanofilms© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.