The Energy of the Carbon-Flake Nanocluster: Pentagon-pentagon Distance Optimization

Abstract

The new road of "rolling up" conformation of a graphite fragment into a fullerene is considered in context of the theory of the growth of carbon nanoparticles. The small curved flake-like fragments of the graphite monolayer are investigated as an intermediate step along the conformation path. The optimal shape of the clusters with the small curvature is found within the phenomenological model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 1999
Accession Number
ADP012997

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Sturis
  • Slava V. Rotkin
  • Stanley F. Kharlapenko

Organizations

  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calculus Of Variations
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Curvature
  • Fullerenes
  • Geometry
  • Graphene
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanostructures
  • Numbers
  • Optimization
  • Shape
  • Simulations
  • Square Roots

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Quantum Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology