Calculation of the heat capacities of solid phase buckminsterfullerene using semi-empirical methods

G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad*, M. Hamedanian, M. Ghomashi

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Abstract

Calculation of vibrational spectra for the large molecule of fullerene, C60, has been carried out by efficient quantum mechanical methods. In this work the ab initio calculation methods which have been chosen were GAUSSIAN 98 program with the STO-3G basis set and HYPER 7 program with PM3 and AMI. The heat capacity at constant volume has been calculated based on the separation of the vibrational spectrum into group and molecular vibrations. Also the heat capacity at constant pressure was obtained by the modified equation of Nernst-Lindemann.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNANOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Subtitle of host publicationFirst Sharjah International Conference on Nanotechnology and Its Applications
Pages19-21
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventNANOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS: First Sharjah International Conference on Nanotechnology and Its Applications - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Duration: Apr 10 2007Apr 12 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume929
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherNANOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS: First Sharjah International Conference on Nanotechnology and Its Applications
Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
CitySharjah
Period4/10/074/12/07

Keywords

  • Computational methods
  • Fullerene
  • Specific heat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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