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Title
Comprehensive theoretical study of the correlation between the energetic and thermal stabilities for the entire set of 1812 C60 isomers
Author(s)
Aghajamali, Alireza
Publication Date
2022-08-14
Abstract
<p>The thermal stability of fullerenes plays a fundamental role in their synthesis and in their thermodynamic and kinetic properties. Here, we perform extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using an accurate machine-learning-based Gaussian Approximation Potential (GAP-20) force field to investigate the energetic and thermal properties of the entire set of 1812 C<sub>60</sub> isomers. Our MD simulations predict a comprehensive and quantitative correlation between the relative isomerization energy distribution of the C<sub>60</sub> isomers and their thermal fragmentation temperatures. We find that the 1812 C<sub>60</sub> isomers span over an energetic range of over 400 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>, where the majority of isomers (~85%) lie in the range between 90 and 210 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup> above the most stable C<sub>60</sub>-<i>I</i><sub>h</sub> buckminsterfullerene. Notably, the MD simulations show a clear statistical correlation between the relative energies of the C<sub>60</sub> isomers and their fragmentation temperature. The maximum fragmentation temperature is 4800 K for the C<sub>60</sub>-<i>I</i><sub>h</sub> isomer and 3700 K for the energetically least stable isomer, where nearly 80% of isomers lie in a temperature window of 4000–4500 K. In addition, an Arrhenius-based approach is used to map the timescale gap between simulation and experiment and establish a connection between the MD simulations and fragmentation temperatures.</p>
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Applied Physics, 132(6), p. 1-8
Publisher
AIP Publishing LLC
Place of Publication
United States of America
ISSN
1089-7550
0021-8979
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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