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Fusion reactions of cupola half-fullerenes C22, C24, C32,
C40 and C48 with each other
are considered on the basis of Arrhenius's postulate. It means that at first there forms an
intermediate compound and only afterwards a usual chemical reaction is going on. The final
structure of fullerenes is obtained with the help of geometric modeling and is optimized
through the use of Avogadro package. In general, the fullerenes which tend to take the
appearance of a perfect spheroid have lesser formation energy. The energy of nanotubes and
fullerenes C44, C48, C64, C80 and C96 obtained is calculate.
Keywords: cluster, cupola, energy, fullerene, fusion, modeling |
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