Topological lattice descriptors of graphene sheets with fullerene-like nanostruct

Iglesias-Groth, S.; Ori, O.; Cataldo, F.
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MOLECULAR SIMULATION, volume 36, 341, pp.13

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2010
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Polynomial behaviour of the Wiener index for infinite chemical graphs is subject here to a generalisation to structures with topological dimensionality d(T) > 1. This allows a pure topological analysis of relative chemical stability of graphite lattice portions and fullerene fragments (nanocones) built around a pentagonal face. The Wiener index of the graph acts as a lattice topological potential subject to a minimum principle that is able to discriminate topological structures made of hexagons with different connectivity. A new indicator of graph topological efficiency has been applied in the infinite lattice limit to allow a complete ranking of graph chemical stability. A certain grade of reactivity of the pentagonal ring at the centre of nanocones is also predicted. Our considerations are mainly performed in the dual topological space.
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