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- Title
Boron Fullerenes: A First-Principles Study.
- Authors
Gonzalez Szwacki, Nevill
- Abstract
A family of unusually stable boron cages was identified and examined using first-principles local-density functional method. The structure of the fullerenes is similar to that of the B12 icosahedron and consists of six crossing double-rings. The energetically most stable fullerene is made up of 180 boron atoms. A connection between the fullerene family and its precursors, boron sheets, is made. We show that the most stable boron sheets are not necessarily precursors of very stable boron cages. Our finding is a step forward in the understanding of the structure of the recently produced boron nanotubes.
- Subjects
FULLERENES; CARBON; NANOTUBES; BORON; ATOMS; BEDDING
- Publication
Nanoscale Research Letters, 2008, Vol 3, Issue 2, p49
- ISSN
1931-7573
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11671-007-9113-1