An overview of the various carbon structures with characteristic sizes in the nanoscale
region is presented, with special attention devoted to the structures and properties of …

One of the outstanding advancements in electronic‐structure density‐functional methods is
the Sankey–Niklewski (SN) approach [Sankey and Niklewski, Phys. Rev. B 40, 3979 (1989)]; …

Carbon nanotubes subject to large deformations reversibly switch into different
morphological patterns. Each shape change corresponds to an abrupt release of energy …

THE discovery1 of buckminsterfullerene (C60) and its production in macroscopic quantities2
has stimulated a great deal of research. More recently, attention has turned towards other …

Within the π-orbital axis vector theory, the total rehybridization required for closure of the
fullerenes is approximately conserved. This result allows the development of a structure …

A study based on ab initio calculations is presented on the structural, elastic, and vibrational
properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes with different radii and chiralities. These …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Carbon nanotubes in the formof multiwalled fullerenes are shown hereto self-assemble
under homogeneous gas-phase conditions of carbon condensation in an inert …

This paper presents an overview of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes, starting
from the linear elastic parameters, nonlinear elastic instabilities and buckling, and the …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been synthesized at milligram per hour
rates by the catalytic decomposition of both carbon monoxide and ethylene over a supported …