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where <math>N</math> is the number of atoms on each sphere, i.e. N=60.
where <math>N</math> is the number of atoms on each sphere, i.e. N=60.
==Phase diagram==
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1200      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)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.1301 L. Mederos and G. Navascués "High-temperature phase diagram of the fullerene C60"  Physical Review B '''50''' pp. 1301-1304 (1994)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.479891 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)]</ref>
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3081140 Pedro Orea "Phase diagrams of model C60 and C70 fullerenes from short-range attractive potentials", Journal of Chemical Physics  130, 104703 (2009)]</ref>
==Liquid phase==
<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/365425a0 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)]</ref>
==Gel phase==
==Gel phase==
Simulations of the Girifalco potential indicate a possible [[Gels|gel]] composed solely  of C<sub>60</sub> molecules <ref>[http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2959 C. Patrick Royall, and Stephen R. Williams "C60: the first one-component gel?", arXiv:1102.2959v1 (cond-mat.soft) 15 Feb 2011)]</ref>
Simulations of the Girifalco potential indicate a possible [[Gels|gel]] composed solely  of C<sub>60</sub> molecules <ref>[http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2959 C. Patrick Royall, and Stephen R. Williams "C60: the first one-component gel?", arXiv:1102.2959v1 (cond-mat.soft) 15 Feb 2011)]</ref>
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'''Related reading'''
'''Related reading'''
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/365425a0 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)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1200      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)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.1301 L. Mederos and G. Navascués "High-temperature phase diagram of the fullerene C60"  Physical Review B '''50''' pp. 1301-1304 (1994)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.3387 C. Caccamo "Modified-hypernetted-chain determination of the phase diagram of rigid C60 molecules", Physical Review B '''51''' pp. 3387-3390 (1995)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.3387 C. Caccamo "Modified-hypernetted-chain determination of the phase diagram of rigid C60 molecules", Physical Review B '''51''' pp. 3387-3390 (1995)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.54.3928 M. Hasegawa and K. Ohno "Density functional theory for the phase diagram of rigid C60 molecules", Physical Review E '''54''' pp. 3928-3932 (1996)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.54.3928 M. Hasegawa and K. Ohno "Density functional theory for the phase diagram of rigid C60 molecules", Physical Review E '''54''' pp. 3928-3932 (1996)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.473192 C. Caccamo, D. Costa, and A. Fucile "A Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo study of phase coexistence in model C60", Journal of Chemical Physics '''106''' pp.  255- (1997)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.473192 C. Caccamo, D. Costa, and A. Fucile "A Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo study of phase coexistence in model C60", Journal of Chemical Physics '''106''' pp.  255- (1997)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.479891 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)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3081140 Pedro Orea "Phase diagrams of model C60 and C70 fullerenes from short-range attractive potentials", Journal of Chemical Physics  130, 104703 (2009)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268970902881979 M. Bahaa Khedr,  S. M. Osman and M.S. Al Busaidi "Surface tension, shear viscosity and isothermal compressibility of liquid C60 along the liquid-vapour coexistence", Molecular Physics '''107''' pp. 1355-1366 (2009)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268970902881979 M. Bahaa Khedr,  S. M. Osman and M.S. Al Busaidi "Surface tension, shear viscosity and isothermal compressibility of liquid C60 along the liquid-vapour coexistence", Molecular Physics '''107''' pp. 1355-1366 (2009)]



Revision as of 13:00, 23 February 2011

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


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C60

Models

Girifalco potential

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.

Phase diagram

[2] [3] [4] [5]

Liquid phase

[6]

Gel phase

Simulations of the Girifalco potential indicate a possible gel composed solely of C60 molecules [7]

References

Related reading