C60

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C60, also known as Buckminsterfullerene is composed of carbon atoms.


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C60

Models[edit]

Girifalco potential[edit]

The Girifalco intermolecular pair potential is given by [1] (Eq. 4):

where

where is the number of atoms on each sphere, i.e. N=60.

Approximate non-conformal potential[edit]

The Approximate non-conformal potential (ANC) for the C60 fullerene is given by (Eq 6 in [2]):

where

  • = 1.0281 nm
  • = 0.09574 is the hard-core diameter in units of
  • = 3297.28 K is the well depth
  • = 0.4120 is a softness parameter

Phase diagram[edit]

[3] [4] [5] [6]

Liquid phase[edit]

[7]

Gel phase[edit]

Simulations of the Girifalco potential indicate a possible gel composed solely of C60 molecules [8]

References[edit]

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