title: Comparison of geometric, electronic, and vibrational properties for isomers of small fullerenes C20-C36.
abstract: We employ the self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding (SCC-DFTB) method for computing geometric, electronic, and vibrational properties for various topological isomers of small fullerenes. We consider all 35 five- and six-member rings containing isomers of small fullerenes, C20, C24, C26, C28, C30, C32, C34, and C36, as first part of a larger effort to catalog CC distance distributions, valence CCC angle distributions, electronic densities of states (DOSs), vibrational densities of states (VDOSs), and infrared (IR) and Raman spectra for fullerenes C20-C180. Common features among the fullerenes are identified and properties characteristic for each specific fullerene isomer are discussed.
authors: Institute of Molecular Science and Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors: Edyta
authors: E
authors: Małolepsza
authors: Henryk A
authors: HA
authors: Witek
authors: Stephan
authors: S
authors: Irle