QUASI-PERIODIC ICOSAHEDRAL GRAPHITE SHEETS AND HIGH-GENUS FULLERENES WITH NONPOSITIVE GAUSSIAN CURVATURE

Authors
TERRONES H TERRONES M
Citation
H. Terrones et M. Terrones, QUASI-PERIODIC ICOSAHEDRAL GRAPHITE SHEETS AND HIGH-GENUS FULLERENES WITH NONPOSITIVE GAUSSIAN CURVATURE, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 55(15), 1997, pp. 9969-9974
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
55
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
9969 - 9974
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)55:15<9969:QIGSAH>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A graphite model obtained by decorating a quasiperiodic icosahedral su rface with heptagonal and hexagonal rings of sp(2) hybridized carbon i s presented. We have generated closed compact fullerenes with icosahed ral symmetry, genus 11, without dangling bonds and no pentagonal rings (no positive curvature). Additionally, cubic fullerenelike structures (O-h symmetry) with genus 5, without dangling bonds and no pentagonal rings have also been obtained. Extending this idea, closed perforated tubules with no pentagonal rings and genus higher than 5 are also gen erated. The geometry and stability of these nanostructures are discuss ed.