Year: 2010
Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 8 (2010), Iss. 2 : pp. 289–303
Abstract
Structural stability and Si-substitution pattern in fullerene cage of C60−nSin are thoroughly investigated by integrating density functional calculations with a colorbond graph (CBG) model. We find that the parameterized CBG model with genetic algorithms can efficiently scan the large configuration space of alloy and therefore identify the low-energy region within the first-principles accuracy. Low-energy (stable) structures of C60−nSin in carbon-rich region (1≤n≤30) were identified and the silicon atoms are found to tend to aggregate in the fullerene cage. The mixing energy of these low-energy structures is ∼ 35 meV/atom and insensitive to the Si concentration. We expect that these alloy fullerene cages can be synthesized experimentally at elevated temperatures.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.101209.260110a
Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 8 (2010), Iss. 2 : pp. 289–303
Published online: 2010-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 15