Study of Structure of Buckminsterfullerene Using Nanotube Modellar Software

Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula of C60. It is an allotrope of carbon with a number of applications in fields of Drug delivery systems, Pharmaceuticals, targeted cancer therapies and hydrogen storage especially for applications in fuel cells and optical devices. In view of importance of Buckminsterfullerene its structure is studied by the use of nanotube modellar program and the structural data obtained is presented. XYZ-coordinates for Buckminsterfullerene were generated and with the help of integrated viewer of Nanotube Modeller, various geometries of Buckminsterfullerene were viewed. Some of these geometries include Ball stick model, wire frame model, Toggle bonds model, Toggle atoms model, cylinder or ball inserted, wire frame model, space filling model and Toggle fog model. Icosahedran geometry both as ball stick and wire frame model of structure of buckminsterfullerene were viewed. Also multi walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) is generated in the viewer for Buckministerfullerene.