Phase diagram of model C-n >= 70 fullerenes

Citation
Mc. Abramo et al., Phase diagram of model C-n >= 70 fullerenes, EUROPH LETT, 54(4), 2001, pp. 468-474
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
02955075 → ACNP
Volume
54
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
468 - 474
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(200105)54:4<468:PDOMC>>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Recent studies have confirmed that model C-60 has stable liquid phase conne d to rather narrow temperature range; in this letter we determine the phase diagram of model C-70 and show that also this fullerene possesses liquid p hase whose existence range is wider than that of C-60. A corresponding stat e behaviour of C-60 and C-70, emerging from description in terms of reduced quantities of both the interaction potential and the phase diagrams parame ters, is then extended to higher-order fullerenes. Critical- and triple-poi nt densities and temperatures of C-76, C-84 and C-92 are thereby predicted. The decreasing accuracy of such representation of C-n>70 phase behaviour w ith increasing n is discussed in relation to the model potential features.