Structure and Stability of Two-Dimensional Complexes of C_20 Fullerenes
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
Two-dimensional complexes of C_20 fullerenes connected to each other by covalent bonds have been studied. Several isomers with different types of intercluster bonds have been revealed. The lifetimes of the (C_20)_MxM systems with M = 2 and 3 have been directly calculated at T = 1800 - 3300 K making use of molecular dynamics. It has been shown that these complexes lose their periodic cluster structure due to either coalescence of two fullerenes C_20 or decay of C_20 fullerenes. The activation energies of these processes exceed 2 eV.
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@article{arxiv.0805.0949,
title = {Structure and Stability of Two-Dimensional Complexes of C_20 Fullerenes},
author = {I. V. Davydov and A. I. Podlivaev and L. A. Openov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0949},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, 5 figures