• DOI:10.5488/CMP.17.13002
• Corpus ID: 118419599

A simple model potential for hollow nanospheres

@inproceedings{Koksal2014ASM,
  title={A simple model potential for hollow nanospheres},
  author={K. Koksal and M. Oncan and Bulent Gonul and Besire Gonul},
  year={2014}
}

• K. Koksal, M. Oncan, +1 author B. Gonul
• Published 6 March 2014
• Chemistry, Physics

Nanostructures have received great interest nowadays because of their importance in solid state technology and for medical purposes [1–5]. Specifically, quantum dots have been studied to strongly confine and control the electrons in a few nanometers of the volume [6, 7]. Nevertheless, semiconductor quantum dots can be produced using high technological growth devices while the production of metallic quantum dots or clusters also requires advanced technology [8]. However, molecular nanospheres can be obtained more easily (e.g., by chemical synthesis) compared with those of metal and semiconductor quantum dots [9]. Molecular nanoparticles as in the case of metal clusters [10, 11] can be produced in the shape of hollow spheres. In these structures, there is a limited radial motion of the electrons. As an example of hollow nanospheres, we can consider the fullerene molecule which is stable and consists of 60 carbon atoms. The derivatives of fullerene are C