C60

C₆₀, also known as Buckminsterfullerene.

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C60

Girifalco potential

The Girifalco potential is given by (Ref. 1 Eq. 4):

$\Phi (r)=-\alpha \left[{\frac {1}{s(s-1)^{3}}}+{\frac {1}{s(s+1)^{3}}}-{\frac {2}{s^{4}}}\right]+\beta \left[{\frac {1}{s(s-1)^{9}}}+{\frac {1}{s(s+1)^{9}}}-{\frac {2}{s^{10}}}\right]$

where

$s={\frac {r}{2a}}$

$\alpha ={\frac {N^{2}A}{12(2a)^{6}}}$

$\beta ={\frac {N^{2}B}{90(2a)^{12}}}$

where $N$ is the number of atoms on each sphere, i.e. N=60.

References

1. L. A. Girifalco "Molecular properties of fullerene in the gas and solid phases", Journal of Physical Chemistry 96 pp. 858-861 (1992)