title: Polarizability of fullerene [2+2]-dimers: a DFT study.
abstract: Currently, the exaltation of polarizability of (C60)2 dimers has been predicted with DFT-methods (D. Sh. Sabirov, RSC Adv., 2013, 3(42), 19430). It consists of an increase in the polarizability when two C60 molecules are united, forming a [2+2]-dimer. In the present work, we point attention to the bicage structures of the other fullerenes, which are promising compounds for nano-applications. We have performed the first density-functional theory study on the polarizability of fullerene [2+2]-dimers (Cn)2 (n = 20, 24, 30, 36, 50, and 70) and shown that the exaltation of polarizability is typical for all the members of the fullerenes family.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Petrochemistry and Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450075 Ufa, Russia. diozno@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Denis Sh
authors.initials: DSh
authors.lastname: Sabirov
authors.forename: Anton O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Terentyev
authors.forename: Ramil G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bulgakov