Structures of carbon cluster ions from 3 to 60 atoms: Linears to rings to fullerenes
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 95 (5), 3835-3837
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460783
Abstract
A new method for identifying and characterizing cluster ion isomers is presented. Results indicate that most carbon clusters have more than one stable form, with 29≤n≤45 indicating three or four different structures. Fullerenes first appear at C+30 and begin to dominate above C+45. From small to large the isomeric progression is from linear to rings to fullerenes.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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