ATOMISTIC SIMULATION OF RADIATION-DAMAGE TO C60

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作者
CUI, FZ [1 ]
LI, HD [1 ]
HUANG, XY [1 ]
机构
[1] TSING HUA UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,BEIJING 100084,PEOPLES R CHINA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 14期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.9962
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
Damaging fullerene C60 upon energetic irradiation has been modeled with molecular-dynamics simulations. The angular dependence of the threshold energy of the primary knock-on atom (PKA) escaping from the cap is investigated in the case of the initial PKA direction within a plane through the cage center and 6-6 ring fusions. The average threshold value is estimated to be about 29 eV. The simulations provided a detailed picture of the damaging processes, in which three mechanisms were revealed. Those included C60-C-->C59, C60-->C@C59, and C60-2C-->C58. The interactions between carbon atoms are described with the Tersoff mode modified to match a screened Coulomb potential at short range.
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页码:9962 / 9965
页数:4
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