A classical valence bond view of cylinder-shaped and fully benzenoid-like polyarenes (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) of large size

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-206

  Morikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Narita, Susumu ^b   Klein, Douglas J ^c  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic sextet; Carbon nanotube; Cylindrical polyarene; Fully benzenoid; Leapfrog algorithm; Pauling bond order; Total resonant

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; YARN;

AROMATIC SEXTET; BENZENOID HYDROCARBONS; BOND ORDERS; CYLINDRICAL POLYARENE; FULLY BENZENOID; LEAPFROG ALGORITHM; PAULING BOND ORDER; POLYARENES; SECOND CLASS; TOTAL RESONANT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3242722497     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630490460629     Document Type: Article

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