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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 107, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.175506
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- JSPS-RFBR [09-02-92107]
- National Science Council [NSC96-2113-M009-022-MY3, NSC96-2113-M009-011-MY3]
- Ministry of Education of Taiwan (MOE)
- JAEA
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A methodology to evaluate the kinetic stability of carbon nanostructures is presented based on the assumption of the independent and random nature of thermal vibrations. The kinetic stability is directly correlated to the cleavage probability for the weakest bond of a given nanostructure. The application of the presented method to fullerenes and carbon nanotubes yields clear correlation to their experimentally observed relative isomer abundances. The general and simple formulation of the method ensures its applicability to other nanostructures for which formation is controlled by kinetic factors.
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