STRUCTURE OF C(20) - BICYCLIC RING VERSUS CAGE

Authors
SAWTARIE M MENON M SUBBASWAMY KR
Citation
M. Sawtarie et al., STRUCTURE OF C(20) - BICYCLIC RING VERSUS CAGE, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(11), 1994, pp. 7739-7743
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
49
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7739 - 7743
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1994)49:11<7739:SOC-BR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The relative stabilities of various geometries of 20-atom carbon clust ers are investigated to determine the ground state, using a generalize d tight-binding molecular dynamics technique. The 20-atom fullerene ca ge (relaxing to C(s) symmetry due to Jahn-Teller distortion) is found to be the most stable structure even when compared to the recently pro posed bicyclic ring structure.