SILICON-COATED FULLERENES, (SIC)(N), N=20 TO 60 - PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A NEW CLASS OF HETEROFULLERENES

Authors
HARADA M OSAWA S OSAWA E JEMMIS ED
Citation
M. Harada et al., SILICON-COATED FULLERENES, (SIC)(N), N=20 TO 60 - PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A NEW CLASS OF HETEROFULLERENES, Chemistry Letters, (6), 1994, pp. 1037-1040
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemistry Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03667022
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1037 - 1040
Database
ISI
SICI code
0366-7022(1994):6<1037:SF(NT6>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A new approach is proposed to the construction of non-carbon, fulleren e-like curved molecular surfaces. A series of saturated, multi-beamed and double-layered structures (SiC)(n) (1), each consisting of a Si-n sphere enclosing a C-n sphere with Si-C sigma-bonds connecting the sph eres, are studied by using AM1-SCF-MO method. (SiC)(60) appears to be the most viable species worthwhile for experimental tests.