COLLISION DIRECTION DEPENDENCE OF REACTION CHANNELS AND REACTION-PRODUCTS IN MOLECULAR-COLLISIONS BETWEEN 2 C-60 MOLECULES

The reaction channels and the reaction products in the collisional rea ctions between two C-60 molecules are found to be sensitively dependen t on the relative orientation between the colliding partners. The deta iled collision processes and the stable structures of the products are studied by using a molecular dynamics simulation method combined with a Langevin molecular dynamics scheme. The defects of the reaction pro ducts are also analysed.