Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1810067 Physica B: Condensed Matter 2013 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We investigate the bulk modulus of single- and double-shell fullerenes as a function of diameter and shell distance at various temperatures using the DFT-based molecular dynamics simulation method. We found that total energies depend on the diameter and shell distance. The obtained results indicate that, with increasing diameter of single-shell fullerenes, the bulk modulus increases up to C180 fullerene and then decreases for larger diameter fullerenes. The bulk modulus of double-shell fullerenes is higher than both its internal and external constructing fullerenes and decreases as the shell distance increases. The bulk moduli of the considered systems are very weakly affected by the temperature.

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