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In this paper, motivated by the experimental evidence of rapidly rotating $C_{60}$ molecules in fullerite, we study the low-energy electronic states of rotating fullerene within a continuum model. In this model, the low-energy spectrum is…
Based on ab initi and density-functional theory calculations, an empirical potential is proposed to model the interaction between a fullerene molecule and many sodium atoms. This model predicts homogeneous coverage of C_60 below 8 Na atoms,…
It is demonstrated that in fullerene C70 which can be considered as a deformed fullerene C60 in some sense there is a withdrawal of an electrodynamical forbiddance of a strong quadrupole light-molecule interaction which is realized in the…
Phase transition in fullerenes C60 and C240 are investigated by means of constant-temperature molecular dynamics simulations. In the phase transition region, the assembly (and fragmentation) of the C60 cage from (and to) the gaseous state…
Since the first laboratory synthesis of C$_{60}$ in 1985, fullerene-related species have been proposed to interpret various astronomical features. After more than 25 years' efforts, several circumstellar and interstellar features have been…
Strutinsky shell corrections for the Cesium-coated fullerenes were investigated. The single particle levels of electrons are obtained using the spherical mean-field potential of a shifted Wood-Saxon type. The parameters of the potential are…
We show that C$_{60}$ fullerene molecules can serve as promising building blocks in the construction of versatile crystal structures with unique symmetries using first-principles calculations. These phases include quasi-2D layered…
We mathematically investigate four molecular models of buckminsterfullerene (C60) discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and a new orthorhombic 20-dodecahedron model is proposed to replace the traditional truncated icosahedron…
It had been understood that astronomically observed infrared spectrum of carbon rich planetary nebula as like Tc 1 and Lin 49 comes from fullerene (C60). Also, it is well known that graphene is a raw material for synthesizing fullerene.…
The motion of a C60 molecule over a graphene sheet at finite temperature is investigated both theoretically and computationally. We show that a graphene sheet generates a van der Waals laterally periodic potential, which directly influences…
In this work an electron radiation detector microdevices were fabricated and characterized. The devices consisted of a conductive electrospun mat made of polycaprolactone loaded with multiwalled carbon nanotubes and fullerene C60 deposited…
We study the motion of C60 fullerene molecules (buckyballs) and short-length carbon nanotubes on graphene nanoribbons. We demonstrate that the nanoribbon edge creates an effective potential that keeps the carbon structures on the surface.…
Fullerenes, including \ce{C60} and \ce{C70}, have been detected in various astronomical environments. Understanding how their structures evolve over time is essential for gaining insights into their life cycle and making further…
We study the electronic states of isolated fullerene anions C$^{n-}_{60}$ ($1\le n \le 6$) taking into account the effective interaction between electrons due to exchange of intramolecular phonons. If the vibronic coupling is strong enough…
Recent experimental reports on the realizations of two-dimensional (2D) networks of the C60-based fullerenes with anisotropic and nanoporous lattices represent a significant advance, and create exciting prospects for the development of a…
The initial insight into electron elastic scattering off endohedral fullerenes A@C60 is gained in the framework of a theoretical approach where the C60 cage is modelled by a rectangular (in the radial coordinate) potential well, as in many…
The C_{60} molecule exhibits a remarkable stability and inertness that leads to its survival in ancient carbonaceous rocks initially subject to the high temperatures requisite for its formation. Elementary particles having very high…
All carbon materials, e.g., amorphous carbon (a-C) coatings and C60 fullerene thin films, play an important role in short-wavelength free-electron laser (FEL) research motivated by FEL optics development and prospective nanotechnology…
We recently identified several emission bands in the Spitzer-IRS spectrum of the unusual planetary nebula Tc 1 with the infrared active vibrational modes of the neutral fullerene species C60 and C70. Since then, the fullerene bands have…
Buckminsterfullerene, C$_{60}$, has not only a beautiful truncated icosahedral (soccerball) shape, but simple H\"uckel calculations predict a three-fold degenerate lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) which can accomodate up to six…