Large gadolinium nitride cluster encapsulated inside a Non-IPR carbon cage: A theoretical characterization on Gd3N@C78

  • Tao Yang
  • , Xiang Zhao
  • , Le Sheng Li
  • , Jia Jia Zheng
  • , Wei Yin Gao

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Abstract

Endohedral metallofullerenes: Density functional theory studies reveal that the smallest gadolinium nitride cluster fullerene, Gd3N@C 2(22010)-C78, not only possesses a high kinetic stability but also a high thermodynamic stability. Further investigations on the electronic structure, properties and IR vibrational frequencies expose the important covalent interaction between the metal cluster and the carbon cage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)449-452
Number of pages4
JournalChemPhysChem
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012

Keywords

  • density functional calculations
  • electronic structure
  • fullerenes
  • gadolinium
  • thermodynamic stability

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