Local-density-functional study of the fullerenes, graphene and graphite

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Dunlap, BI [1 ]
Boettger, JC [1 ]
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[1] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,DIV THEORET,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1088/0953-4075/29/21/004
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Large basis set local-density-functional calculations on fullerenes, graphene and graphite suggest that fullerene stability increases monotonically with the number of carbon atoms (N), and is nearly linear in 1/N. C-60 is less stable energetically than C-70 and higher fullerenes, despite the apparent preference for C-60 in nature. The heat of formation found here for C-60 relative to graphite is in good agreement with experiment, while the heat of formation for graphene relative to graphite is overestimated by a factor of two.
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