Electronic and vibrational properties ofC60at finite temperature fromab initiomolecular dynamics

Abstract
A Car-Parrinello molecular-dynamics study of C60 in the fullerene structure has been performed. The ground-state properties were calculated and found to be in agreement with other theoretical estimates. The finite-temperature properties of such clusters are computed. These can be directly compared to experiments performed at finite temperature. The comparison is very favorable for structural, vibrational, and electronic properties.