1. Energetic trends of single-walled carbon nanotube ab initio calculations.
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Lair, S. L., Herndon, W. C., and Murr, L. E.
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CARBON nanotubes , *HARTREE-Fock approximation , *NUCLEATION , *LINEAR free energy relationship , *ATOMS - Abstract
Hartree–Fock (HF) calculations for a variety of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) systems indicate linear relationships between electronic energies and changes in length and circumference for both armchair and zigzag type nanotubes. A simple protocol to predict energies for large SWCNT (C atoms >500) is developed through a set of structural parameters and AM1 optimized geometries from small SWCNTs. The energetic trends shown by the calculations are used to support the theory of SWCNT nucleation from a preformed carbon, or graphene with six 5-member rings, cap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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