BNNTs under the influence of external electric field as potential new drug delivery vehicle of Glu, Lys, Gly and Ser amino acids: A first-principles study

2014 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 391-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood Farmanzadeh ◽  
Samereh Ghazanfary
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
External Electric Field ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Delivery Vehicle ◽  
Drug Delivery Vehicle ◽  
New Drug ◽  
First Principles Study

POLARIZABILITY AND SHIELDING OF COAXIAL HYBRID DOUBLE-WALLED NANOTUBES: A FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY

2008 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 793-803
Author(s):  
NUANXIANG LI ◽  
QUNXIANG LI ◽  
HAIBIN SU ◽  
Q. W. SHI ◽  
JINLONG YANG
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Boron Nitride ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
External Electric Field ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Outer Tube ◽  
Boron Nitride Nanotube ◽  
First Principles Study

First-principles studies on electronic structures, transverse polarizability, and shielding of two coaxial hybrid double-walled nanotubes consisting of carbon nanotube (CNT) and boron nitride nanotube (BNNT), namely CNT@BNNT and BNNT@CNT, are conducted. The interaction between inner and outer tubes is considerably weak. The polarizability of single-walled CNT is larger than that of single-walled BNNT due to the different electronic properties. In BNNT@CNT, the outer CNT with delocalized π-electrons character demonstrates a nearly complete shielding with the order of 90% of the inner BNNT from the transverse external electric field, while the outer BNNT has a relative small shielding of about 40% for the inner CNT in CNT@BNNT system. Moreover, the shielding of the outer tube can be appreciably enhanced by increasing the intertube separation.

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