Reactivity of the convex and concave surfaces of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) towards addition reactions: Dependence on the carbon-atom pyramidalization

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Chen, Zhongfang ^a,b   Thiel, Walter ^c   Hirsch, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Fullerenes; Nanotubes; Shape effects

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FULLERENES; NANOTUBES;

ADDUCT FORMATION; CARBON ATOMS; CONCAVE SURFACE; CYCLIC BENDING; PYRAMIDALIZATION; PYRAMIDALIZATION ANGLE; SHAPE EFFECT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON; FULLERENE;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ENCAPSULATION; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037434221     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200390015     Document Type: Article

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