Quantum Chemical Treatment of Large Nanotubes via Use of Line Group Symmetry: Structural Preferences of Magnesium Dichloride Nanotubes
- 7 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 110 (10), 4675-4678
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp060256c
Abstract
Nanotubes with diameters in the magnitude of 10 nm can be treated by quantum chemical methods, made possible by utilization of line group symmetries. The methodology presented here is applied for magnesium dichloride nanotubes. The structural preferences of MgCl2 nanotubes are strongly dependent on the tube diameter. The rolled layer of a crystalline sheet becomes favorable above a diameter of 3.4 nm, below which alternative stable coordination modes dominate. Application of the methodology for other nanotubular compounds, including multiwalled nanotubes, is expected to be straightforward.Keywords
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