Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 59, Part 2 (March 2003)

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Acta Cryst. (2003). A59, 193-194    [ doi:10.1107/S010876730202250X ]

A formula to estimate the size of a fullerene

Y. L. Voytekhovsky

Abstract: A formula to estimate the radius of an equiareal sphere for any Cn fullerene as a function of n is suggested. It asymptotically characterizes the series of Cn fullerenes with increasing n and is mostly adapted to the symmetric shapes. The estimated radius may also be a reasonable approximation if the shape is not too elliptic.

Keywords: fullerenes.

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