The Topological Study of an Infinite Family of Fullerenes with 10n Carbon Atoms

Fullerenes are carbon cage molecules having 12 pentagonal and (n/2 – 10) hexagonal faces, where 20 ≤ n (≠ 22) is an even integer. In this paper, an infinite class of fullerenes with 10n carbon atoms is investigated. We prove that the vertex–PI, Szeged and revised Szeged indices of this family are computed by formulas 150n2 − 100n, 250n3 + 3075n − 13800 and 250n3 + 250n2 + 4275n − 15650, respectively, when n > 10 is a positive integer. A MATLAB program is also presented that is useful for our calculations.

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