Construction of a fullerene with 570 carbons containing 7 heptagonal rings

DOI: 10.5176/2251-1911_CMCGS16.35

Authors: F. J. Sánchez-Bernabe and F. J. Sánchez-Bernabe

Abstract: A fullerene with pentagons, hexagons, and heptagons is constructed from a smaller molecule. The total number of carbons is 570. It contains 7 isolated heptagonal rings.

Keywords: classical fullerenes, heptagonal ring, pentagon adjacency penalty rule, fullerene with many carbons.