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Title: Endohedral energies and translation of fullerene-noble gas clusters G at Cn (G = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe; n = 60 and 70)

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100135a005· OSTI ID:5525506
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  1. Universite de Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

The structures and the nonbonded intermolecular interactions of the endohedral fullerene-noble gas clusters, G at Cn (G = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe; n = 60 and 70) are evaluated and calculated using the atom-atom potential method. The endohedral complexing energies are determined with a Lennard-Jones model and correlated to the packing density of the noble gas atoms inside the fullerence cavities or to the overlap of the van der Waals surface between the guest atoms and the host cavity. Consequently, He and Ne can be accommodated into C[sub 60] and C[sub 70] cavities, while slightly larger Ar, Kr, and Xe atoms are less stable due to the greater overlap of their van der Waals surfaces with the fullerene cavities. 8 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.

OSTI ID:
5525506
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 97:33; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English