SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH

We have studied the problem of what must be the minimal length of a nanotube with a given diameter to reasonably assert that its electronic properties can be extrapolated to longer structures. For this purpose the variation of the electronic chemical potential (ECP) was plotted against the number of...

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Autores principales: GÓMEZ-JERIA,JUAN S, SOTO-MORALES,FRANCISCO
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Química 2005
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-970720050004000012006-04-19SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTHGÓMEZ-JERIA,JUAN SSOTO-MORALES,FRANCISCOWe have studied the problem of what must be the minimal length of a nanotube with a given diameter to reasonably assert that its electronic properties can be extrapolated to longer structures. For this purpose the variation of the electronic chemical potential (ECP) was plotted against the number of units composing the nanotube for three systems: (5,5) armchair, (9,0) zigzag and (10,0) zigzag nanotubes. We found that the ECP curve defines a different minimal length for each system. This minimal length corresponds to the boundary between large molecules (short nanotubes) and nanotubes properly speaking. We suggest that this minimal length exists for at least all armchair and zigzag nanotubesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de QuímicaJournal of the Chilean Chemical Society v.50 n.4 20052005-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072005000400001en10.4067/S0717-97072005000400001
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description We have studied the problem of what must be the minimal length of a nanotube with a given diameter to reasonably assert that its electronic properties can be extrapolated to longer structures. For this purpose the variation of the electronic chemical potential (ECP) was plotted against the number of units composing the nanotube for three systems: (5,5) armchair, (9,0) zigzag and (10,0) zigzag nanotubes. We found that the ECP curve defines a different minimal length for each system. This minimal length corresponds to the boundary between large molecules (short nanotubes) and nanotubes properly speaking. We suggest that this minimal length exists for at least all armchair and zigzag nanotubes
author GÓMEZ-JERIA,JUAN S
SOTO-MORALES,FRANCISCO
spellingShingle GÓMEZ-JERIA,JUAN S
SOTO-MORALES,FRANCISCO
SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
author_facet GÓMEZ-JERIA,JUAN S
SOTO-MORALES,FRANCISCO
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title SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
title_short SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
title_full SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
title_fullStr SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
title_full_unstemmed SHORT NANOTUBES OR BIG MOLECULES?: THE CONCEPT OF MINIMAL LENGTH
title_sort short nanotubes or big molecules?: the concept of minimal length
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