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We calculate the thermal Casimir--Polder potential of C60 and C70 fullerene molecules near gold and silicon nitride surfaces, motivated by their relevance for molecular matter wave interference experiments. We obtain the coefficients…
We present a detailed NMR study of simple cubic CsC60, the only metallic cubic fullerides known so far besides A3C60. 133Cs NMR signals the presence of about 12 to 15% of ``anomalous'' C60 balls, characterized by a 15 meV gap. We present…
In this study, we conducted a theoretical analysis of specific C36 and O@C36 Fullerene isomers, namely those with (D3h, C1, Cs, C2, D2) symmetries, in the gaseous phase using the DFT method at B3LYP/6-31G* level. We studied geometry…
We propose a model describing the interatomic interaction at the interface between fullerene $\mathrm{C}_{60}$ and aluminum. Using the density functional theory, we calculate the binding energy and the fullerene's position on the…