Authors | I.K. Petrushenko |
Affiliations | Physical and Technical Institute, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 83, Lermontov st., 664074 Irkutsk, Russia |
Е-mail | igor.petrushenko@istu.edu |
Issue | Volume 8, Year 2016, Number 3 |
Dates | Received 04 May 2016; published online 03 October 2016 |
Citation | I.K. Petrushenko, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 8 No 3, 03031 (2016) |
DOI | 10.21272/jnep.8(3).03031 |
PACS Number(s) | 31.15.E –, 61.48. – c, 62.20.de,71.15.Mb |
Keywords | DFT (35) , PBE (6) , Single-walled carbon nanotube (2) , Boron nitride nanotube, Young’s modulus (3) . |
Annotation | This paper presents quantum chemistry study on structural and mechanical properties of a series of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) functionalized with carbenes. At the PBE/SVP level, the obtained data on pristine nanotubes are in good accordance with the results of previous experimental and theoretical studies. The calculations show that carbenes functionalization, in general, distorts both SWNCTs and BNNTs frameworks, but there exists the difference between ‘axial’ and ‘circumferential’ functionalization. It turns out that in both cases elastic properties diminish with increasing concentration of adsorbents, however, the functionalized SWCNTs and BNNTs remain strong enough to be suitable for reinforcement of composites. |
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