Abstract
A computational experiment that investigates single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been developed and employed in an upper-level undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory course. Computations were carried out to determine the electronic structure, radial breathing modes, and the influence of the nanotube's diameter on the curvature-induced strain. The students used a new graphical user interface to the TubeGen nanotube builder, which we have implemented as an extension to the open-source molecular editor Avogadro, to build and visualize SWNTs. Geometry optimizations, molecular orbital calculations, and frequencies were computed by an external quantum chemical program.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 651-655 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Education |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 14 2013 |
Keywords
- Computational Chemistry
- Computer-Based Learning
- Laboratory Instruction
- Molecular Modeling
- Molecular Properties/Structure
- Nanotechnology
- Physical Chemistry
- Quantum Chemistry
- Upper-Division Undergraduate
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