2018/05/21 by R. V. Arutyunyan, Arutyunyan, Rafael V
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials #FOS: Physical sciences #Fullerene Chemistry and Applications #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1805.08016
openalex publication_date 2018/05/21 · openalex created_date 2022/09/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the electronic properties of charged fullerenes and onion-like\nstructures in the framework of a simple physical model and show the existence\nof a system of discrete short-lifetime quantum levels for electrons in the\nmodel well potential. In the case of positively charged fullerenes, we find\nthat the energy of the volume-localized levels ranges from 1 eV to 100 eV.\nElectrons captured by these discrete levels localized in the volume generate a\nspecific nano-atom wherein electrons are localized inside a charged hollow\nsphere of fullerene playing the role of a nucleus in an atom. In case of\nnegatively charged single-layered or onion-like structure fullerenes, Coulomb\nfield creates a spherical potential well for positively charged particles\n(protons, nuclei of deuterium, tritium or \μ+- mesons). In such a case, a\nsystem of discrete levels for positively charged particles is created wherein\nprotons act as electrons and negatively charged sphere of fullerene plays the\nrole of a nucleus.\n