Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 59, Number 2, July 2002
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Page(s) | 305 - 310 | |
Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00242-8 | |
Published online | 01 July 2002 |
Fullerene cluster between graphite walls —Computer simulation
Institute of Physics, University of Silesia - Uniwersytecka 4,
Katowice, 40-007, Poland
Received:
6
December
2001
Accepted:
23
April
2002
The dynamical properties of the small fullerene cluster ,
confined between two parallel graphite walls, have been studied using a
molecular-dynamics (MD) simulation method. An interesting instance of
behaviour of
molecules in this environment has been discovered.
For a range of distances d between the graphite walls
the fullerenes form two monolayers parallel to the
graphite surfaces (no migration of molecules between layers).
The monolayers slide one against the other and perform a torsional
motion.
PACS: 81.05.Tp – Fullerenes and related materials / 61.48.+c – Fullerenes and fullerene-related materials
© EDP Sciences, 2002
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