NMR observations of fluorine ion-implanted into polyacetylene and graphite

¹⁹FNMR spectroscopy has been used to characterize fluorine implanted into polyacetylene and highly orientated pyrolytic graphite. The intensities of the ¹⁹F NMR spectra at 4.5 K show that essentially all the fluorine is retained in these materials after the implantation process is over. The Une width of the spectrum of the graphite sample indicates that the fluorine remains where it was deposited.For the polyacetylene sample the ratio of the NMR solid echo height to the spin echo height, as calibrated herein, shows that the predominant nuclear diploar interaction of the implanted fluorine is heteronuclear.