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Vibrational Analysis for C60 and Other Fullerenes

Frank Rioux

Department of Chemistry, St. John''s University, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 56374

J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (12), p 1380

DOI: 10.1021/ed080p1380.1

Publication Date (Web): December 1, 2003

Abstract

Supplements a symmetry analysis of the vibrational modes of C60 and other fullerenes with another approach, in widespread use, which records the number of atoms that are unmoved by each symmetry operation, yielding the reducible representation Γuma.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Subject):

Chirality / Optical Activity

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