BOND LENGTHS OF BUCKY BALLS WITH HIGH SYMMETRY

Based on an empirical potential,we have performed calculations of bond lengths of carbon bucky-balls with high symmetry. Bond length of a monolayer graphite, considered as an extremely large bucky-ball, has also been calculated. The calculated bond lengths of single bonds and double bonds dectrease and increase with increasing bucky-ball size, respectively, and both smoothly connects with the corresponding value of the monolayer graphite.