Understanding effects of molecular adsorption at a single-wall boron nitride nanotube interface from density functional theory calculations

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (35) ◽  
pp. 355705 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Akdim ◽  
S N Kim ◽  
R R Naik ◽  
B Maruyama ◽  
M J Pender ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (28) ◽  
pp. 19118-19122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Andersson

We have performed density functional theory calculations using our modified DFT-D2 dispersion correction for metals to investigate adsorption of a range of molecules on Pt(111).


2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 647-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asadollah Boshra ◽  
Ahmad Seif

Based upon density functional theory, we investigate the influence of oxygen dopant atoms that make a boroxol ring on the electrostatic properties of a zigzag (10, 0) boron nitride nanotube in which three of the nitrogen atoms are replaced by oxygen dopant atoms. The electric field gradient (EFG) tensors at the sites of 11B and 14N nuclei were calculated and converted to quadrupole coupling constants (CQ) in the two models of a perfect and a boroxol ring O-doped (10, 0) single-walled boron nitride nanotube (BNNT). Our calculations showed that the CQ values of the boron and nitrogen nuclei along the length of a perfect BNNT are divided into layers. Among the layers the mouth layers have the largest CQ magnitudes. In the doped model, in addition to the mouth layers, the CQ values of those nitrogen nuclei which directly bond to the boroxol ring are increased. However, the CQ values of the boron nuclei that make the boroxol ring and directly bond to the boroxol ring are decreased.


2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 519-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVOOD FARMANZADEH ◽  
SAMEREH GHAZANFARY

Theoretical investigation of the electric responses of the (4,0) zigzag model of single-walled boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) with lengths 10, 12, 14 and 16 Å, has been performed with density functional theory calculation by considering the influence from the external electric field (EF) with strengths 0–1.6 × 10-2 a.u. using B3LYP/6-31G* method. Results show that in both cases, with increase in the length of BNNT and the EF strength, there is a decrease the HOMO-LUMO gap (HLG) values and increase in the electric dipole moment. Natural bond orbital (NBO) atomic charge analysis shows that increasing the EF intensity increases separation of the positive and the negative center of electric charges of BNNT molecule. Results of this study demonstrate that the molecular scale device formed by BNNTs can be significantly influenced by the length of the BNNT itself and the external EF intensity.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad T. Baei ◽  
F. Kaveh ◽  
P. Torabi ◽  
S. Zahra Sayyad- Alangi

The density functional theory (DFT) has been used to simultaneously investigate physic/chemi-sorption properties of oxygen on the (5, 5) boron nitride nanotube (BNNT). Geometry optimizations were carried out at B3LYP/6-31G*level of theory using gaussian 98 suites of program. physisorption of O2outside the BNNT with a vertical orientation to the tube axis above a boron atom is the most stable state of physisorption and its binding energy is -0.775 kcal/mol. In the chemisorption of O2molecule, the most stable state is above two adjacent B and N atoms of a hexagon with a B-N bond length of 2.503 Å and the binding energy of adsorbed oxygen atoms -14.389 kcal/mol. Based on these results, We also provide the effects of O2adsorption on the electronic properties of BNNTs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (46) ◽  
pp. 10017-10030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiling Zhang ◽  
Sun Peng ◽  
Yan Shang ◽  
Zhao-Di Yang ◽  
Xiao Cheng Zeng

Electronic and transport properties of novel ferrocene based carbon nanotube (CNT) and boron-nitride nanotube (BNNT) nanopeapods, including Fe(Cp)2@CNT, Fe2(Cp)3@CNT, Fe(Cp)2@BNNT, and Fe2(Cp)3@BNNT (where Cp refers as cyclopentadiene), are investigated using the density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function methods.


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