MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF THE NANOMETER-SCALE MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF COMPRESSED BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE

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BRENNER, DW
HARRISON, JA
WHITE, CT
COLTON, RJ
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[1] Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
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10.1016/0040-6090(91)90425-W
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Molecular dynamics simulation techniques and an analytic many-body potential function have been used to study a spherical C60 cluster ("Buckminsterfullerene") compressed between graphite planes. We find that the Cluster can reversibly deform under anisotropic compression to a radius (in the direction of compression) that is 1/3 that of the uncompressed cluster. On compression the restoring pressure first rises and then exhibits a distinct drop beginning at a pressure of about 3 GPa. This drop in pressure is a result of a reversible change which occurs when the cluster transforms to a disc-like structure. Further compression results in a rise in pressure with a slope different from the initial compression.
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