{"title":"Geometric modeling of midi-fullerene growth from C32 to C60","authors":"Alexander I. Melker, Maria A. Krupina","doi":"10.1016/j.spjpm.2017.02.002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Axonometric projections together with the corresponding graphs for fullerenes are constructed in the range from 32 to 60. The growth of fullerenes is studied on the basis of a mechanism according to which a carbon dimer embeds in a hexagon of an initial fullerene. This leads to stretching and breaking the covalent bonds which are parallel to arising tensile forces. In this case, instead of a hexagon adjoining two pentagons, two adjacent pentagons adjoining two hexagons are obtained. As a result, there arises a new atomic configuration and there is mass increase of two carbon atoms. We considered the direct descendants of fullerene C32; namely, C2n, where n<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->17–30.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":41808,"journal":{"name":"St Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal-Physics and Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.spjpm.2017.02.002","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"St Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal-Physics and Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405722317300099","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Axonometric projections together with the corresponding graphs for fullerenes are constructed in the range from 32 to 60. The growth of fullerenes is studied on the basis of a mechanism according to which a carbon dimer embeds in a hexagon of an initial fullerene. This leads to stretching and breaking the covalent bonds which are parallel to arising tensile forces. In this case, instead of a hexagon adjoining two pentagons, two adjacent pentagons adjoining two hexagons are obtained. As a result, there arises a new atomic configuration and there is mass increase of two carbon atoms. We considered the direct descendants of fullerene C32; namely, C2n, where n = 17–30.