Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.

We describe the existence and structure of large fullerenes in terms of symmetry breaking of the C60 molecule. Specifically, we describe the existence of C70 in terms of breaking of the icosahedral symmetry of C60 by the insertion into its middle of an additional H2 decagon. The surface of C70 is fo...

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Main Authors: Mark Bodner, Jiri Patera, Marzena Szajewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3943720?pdf=render
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spelling doaj-f0be889efbd44930976d7adb2f8e00872020-11-24T21:16:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0193e8407910.1371/journal.pone.0084079Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.Mark BodnerJiri PateraMarzena SzajewskaWe describe the existence and structure of large fullerenes in terms of symmetry breaking of the C60 molecule. Specifically, we describe the existence of C70 in terms of breaking of the icosahedral symmetry of C60 by the insertion into its middle of an additional H2 decagon. The surface of C70 is formed by 12 regular pentagons and 25 regular hexagons. All 105 edges of C70 are of the same length. It should be noted that the structure of the molecules is described in exact coordinates relative to the non-orthogonal icosahedral bases. This symmetry breaking process can be readily applied, and could account for and describe other larger cage cluster fullerene molecules, as well as more complex higher structures such as nanotubes.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3943720?pdf=render
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author Mark Bodner
Jiri Patera
Marzena Szajewska
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Jiri Patera
Marzena Szajewska
Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
PLoS ONE
author_facet Mark Bodner
Jiri Patera
Marzena Szajewska
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title Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
title_short Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
title_full Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
title_fullStr Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
title_full_unstemmed Breaking of icosahedral symmetry: C60 to C70.
title_sort breaking of icosahedral symmetry: c60 to c70.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2014-01-01
description We describe the existence and structure of large fullerenes in terms of symmetry breaking of the C60 molecule. Specifically, we describe the existence of C70 in terms of breaking of the icosahedral symmetry of C60 by the insertion into its middle of an additional H2 decagon. The surface of C70 is formed by 12 regular pentagons and 25 regular hexagons. All 105 edges of C70 are of the same length. It should be noted that the structure of the molecules is described in exact coordinates relative to the non-orthogonal icosahedral bases. This symmetry breaking process can be readily applied, and could account for and describe other larger cage cluster fullerene molecules, as well as more complex higher structures such as nanotubes.
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