Gyroscopic effects in fullerite crystal upon deformation

• Published in: European physical journal plus Vol. 136; no. 4; p. 388
• Main Authors: Bubenchikov, Alexey M., Bubenchikov, Mikhail A., Lun-Fu, Aleksandr V., Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angular velocity; Applied and Technical Physics; Atomic; Buckminsterfullerene; Carbon; Complex Systems; Composite materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Crystals; Deformation; Deformation effects; Dynamic characteristics; Euler-Lagrange equation; Fullerenes; Influence; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Ordinary differential equations; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation; Regular Article; Rotation; Theoretical; Velocity
• ISSN: 2190-5444; 2190-5444
• DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01352-9

In this paper, the effect of deformation of a fullerite crystal on the dynamic properties of a rotating C 60 molecule located in the center of a selected fragment is analyzed. The spherical potential of pair interaction is used to determine the dynamic characteristics of surrounding molecules. The angular oscillations and rotation of the central C 60 molecule are described using the dynamic Euler equations. The effect of the direction of deformation of a fragment of a fullerite crystal on the precessional displacement of a rotating fullerene molecule is investigated depending on the direction and magnitude of the initial angular velocity.