Carbon clusters near the crossover to fullerene stability

P. R. C. Kent, M. D. Towler, R. J. Needs +1

The thermodynamic stability of structural isomers of ${\mathrm{C}}_{24}$, ${\mathrm{C}}_{26}$, ${\mathrm{C}}_{28}$ and ${\mathrm{C}}_{32}$, including fullerenes, is studied using density f…