C60
C60, also known as Buckminsterfullerene.
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Girifalco potential
The Girifalco potential is given by (Ref. 1 Eq. 4):
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Phi (r) = -\alpha \left[ \frac{1}{s(s-1)^3}+ \frac{1}{s(s+1)^3}- \frac{2}{s^4}\right] + \beta \left[ \frac{1}{s(s-1)^9}+ \frac{1}{s(s+1)^9}- \frac{2}{s^{10}}\right]}
where
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- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \alpha = \frac{N^2A}{12(2a)^6}}
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \beta = \frac{N^2B}{90(2a)^{12}}}
where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N} is the number of atoms on each sphere, i.e. N=60.
References
- L. A. Girifalco "Molecular properties of fullerene in the gas and solid phases", Journal of Physical Chemistry 96 pp. 858-861 (1992)
- M. H. J. Hagen, E. J. Meijer, G. C. A. M. Mooij, D. Frenkel and H. N. W. Lekkerkerker "Does C60 have a liquid phase?", Nature 365 pp. 425-426 (1993)
- Ailan Cheng, Michael L. Klein and Carlo Caccamo "Prediction of the phase diagram of rigid C60 molecules", Physical Review Letters 71 pp. 1200-1203 (1993)
- M. Hasegawa and K. Ohno "Monte Carlo simulation study of the high-temperature phase diagram of model C60 molecules", Journal of Chemical Physics 111 pp. 5955- (1999)