We theoretically investigated the possibility of a carbon nanomaterial with Saturn shape (nano-Saturn) as a novel inclusion, compound consisting of C-60 and cyclohexabiphenylene based on total energy calculations using density functional theory. We found that nano Saturn is energetically stable with similar or lower total energy to that of the other C-60, inclusion compounds experimentally synthesized to date. Furthermore, the formation reaction of nano-Saturn is exothermic With an energy gain of about 0.7 eV per molecule.
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