Soon after the discovery of carbon nanotubes, it was realized that the theoretically predicted
mechanical properties of these interesting structures–including high strength, high stiffness …

A second-generation potential energy function for solid carbon and hydrocarbon molecules
that is based on an empirical bond order formalism is presented. This potential allows for …

The wide range of fullerene reaction dynamics studied under well defined single-collision
conditions is reviewed. It is shown that fullerenes have proven to be very fruitful model …

Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes: theoretical predictions and experimental
measurements À propos Notre revue Équipe éditoriale Les CR Physique en libre accès diamant …

Nanotechnology, science, and engineering spearhead the 21st century revolution that is
leading to fundamental breakthroughs in the way materials, devices, and systems are …

Electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom in atom-cluster collisions are treated
simultaneously and self-consistently by combining time-dependent density functional theory …

Energy dependences of the fusion cross section for the collisions, and have been measured.
Fusion occurs for energies above a sharp energetic barrier. The fusion barrier lies in the …

Dumbbell-shaped fullerene dimers C 118+ and C 119+ have recently been observed in
mass spectra resulting from collisions between clusters of C 60 molecules and keV He 2+ or …

Classical trajectory calculations of (H2O) n(H2O) n collisions are carried out for n 125 and n
1000. We investigate energy redistribution and fragmentation behavior for relative collision …

We present the results of classical molecular dynamics simulations of collision-induced
fusion and fragmentation of C 60 fullerenes, performed by means of the MBN Explorer …