Abstract
Using a picosecond excitation source and a time-resolved streak camera detection system, the time-resolved fluorescence spectra of purified C60 have been recorded from toluene solution at room temperature. A fluorescence peak at about 730 nm was detected and its lifetime was directly determined to be 1.1±0.1 ns. Two fluorescence peaks obtained from the mixture of C60 and C70 at 676 and 696 nm were mainly related to C70 content.