A sample analysis of domain walls in simple cubic phase of C60

Abstract

An analysis of possible structure of a domain wall (111) in rotational twin of fullerene C 60 is performed with use of sectional layer groups. The eight possible domain states are described and it is shown that there exist only two types of domain pairs among the 46 possible combinations; one translational and one rotational. Possible orientation states of fullerene molecules in microscopic structure of the domain wall with orientation (111) are deduced.