Carbon atoms catalyse fullerene growth

B. R. Eggen; M. I. Heggie; G. Jungnickel; C. D. Latham; R. Jones; P. R. Briddon

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Carbon atoms catalyse fullerene growth

B. R. Eggen^*
, M. I. Heggie
, G. Jungnickel
, C. D. Latham
, R. Jones
, P. R. Briddon

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The fullerene road to C₆₀ must proceed through isomers which do not obey the Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR). Stone Wales (SW) transformations are required to redistribute the pentagons to obtain the almost exclusively observed IPR icosahedral C₆₀. We find a very high barrier for these transformations (over 6 eV), which make their occurrence rare during the annealing phase of C₆₀ formation. Earlier we reported that the presence of a loosely bound single carbon atom reduces this barrier to 3.9 eV, making frequent pentagon rearrangements possible. Here we review this process and show how carbon atoms bind preferentially to paired pentagon regions, diffuse easily and exchange with C₆₀ host atoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	727-745
Number of pages	19
Journal	Fullerene Science and Technology
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15363839708012228
Publication status	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

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