| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 44, Number 6, December II 1998
|
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 741 - 746 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, thermal and mechanical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00534-y | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Formation of cage-like 
clusters in molecular-dynamics simulations
Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics
Technical University of Budapest - H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
Received:
30
March
1998
Accepted:
15
October
1998
We have examined the formation of cage-like clusters in
helium atmosphere via tight-binding molecular-dynamics simulation.
Simulating the laser evaporation experiment, we obtained a
cage structure containing 11 pentagons, 19 hexagons,
one tetragon and one heptagon in the simulation time of
30.8 ps. After examining the stability of the
buckminsterfullerene, a pathway is suggested for its formation.
PACS: 61.48.+c – Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials / 31.15.Qg – Molecular dynamics and other numerical methods
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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