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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS & MODELLING
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages 389-395Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2012.05.001
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Modeling tools; Defects; Saturated carbon nanotubes; Algorithms; Scripts
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- DICYT (Direction of Scientific and Technological Research), University of Santiago de Chile [061041CF]
- SDT-USACH (Technological Development Society) [CIA 2981]
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Algorithms for generating defective carbon nanotubes have been developed and implemented in software. The algorithms were designed to create arrays of carbon atoms that form layers and interconnect. The parameters for construction were the following: Hamada indices that respond to topology (armchair, zigzag or chiral nanotubes) and diameter, the saturated or unsaturated nature of the nanotube, the length and, most importantly, the presence of defects that can be built individually or repetitively by rotating bonds, removing atoms, or adding additional carbon atoms. The output was written in a standard, exportable file format that contained atomic coordinates useful for further computational chemistry work. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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