Comments on Structural Types of Toroidal Carbon Nanotubes. Issue 7 (3rd June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chuang, Chern; Fan, Yuan‐Chia; Jin, Bih‐Yaw
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. Volume 60:Issue 7(2013:Jul.)
• Page Start: 949
• Page End: 954
• Publication Date: 2013-06-03
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201200658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-4536

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We clarify the relationships between the eight structural types of toroidal carbon nanotubes (TCNTs), which can be identified as the eight corners of a cube of structural transformation. The four families with D_nh symmetry can be related by rim rotations, and the same is true for those with D_nd symmetries. These two sets are then connected by horizontal shifts, thereby completing the cube. Moreover, we further point out that there are five more highly symmetric D_nh structural types that can be derived from performing the generalized Stone‐Wales transformation on TCNTs with D_nh structural types.</p> </abstract>