ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The ground-state structures of small fullerenes below C70 were determined by tight-binding molecular-dynamics total energy optimization. An efficient simulated annealing scheme was used to generate closed, hollow, spheroidal cage structures for all even-numbered carbon clusters from C20 to C70. As a general trend, fullerenes prefer geometries which separate the pentagonal rings as far apart as possible. Except for C60, C70, and C50, most fullerenes have relatively low symmetries.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.463854
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