2015/04/15 by Nishiyama, Yutaka
#00A09 #51M05 #92E10 #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1504.03783
We mathematically investigate four molecular models of buckminsterfullerene (C60) discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and a new orthorhombic 20-dodecahedron model is proposed to replace the traditional truncated icosahedron model. This representation as a sepak takraw ball rather than a soccer ball allows for capturing the positional relations and electron orbits of the 60 atoms comprising the full molecule.