Carbon and silicon substitution in (4, 4) aluminum nitride nanotube — Density functional study of 27Al and 14N electric field gradient tensors

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (8) ◽  
pp. 745-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Seif ◽  
Mehran Aghaie ◽  
Hossein Aghaie

A computational study at the level of density functional theory (DFT) was performed to investigate the influence of Si and C substitution on the 14N and 27Al quadrupole coupling constants (CQ) in the armchair single-walled aluminum nitride nanotube (SWAlNNT). To this aim, a 1 nm AlNNT consisting of 28 Al and 28 N atoms was considered in which both mouths of the nanotube are capped by hydrogen atoms. Additionally, two other forms of this model of AlNNT were considered in which five Si and five C atoms were substituted in place of the five Al and five N atoms, with two rings in the length of nanotube, like a wire, in the first form; and three Si and three C atoms were substituted in place of three Al and three N atoms as a central ring on the surface of the AlNNT in the second form. The calculated CQ values for three optimized AlNNT systems (raw and Si- and C-substituted) reveal diverse electronic environments in the above-mentioned systems. All the calculations were carried out using the Gaussian 98 software package.Key words: armchair nanotube, density functional theory, nuclear quadrupole resonance.

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Mirzaei ◽  
Nasser L. Hadipour ◽  
Mohammad Reza Abolhassani

A computational study at the level of density functional theory (DFT) was carried out to investigate the influence of carbon doping (C-doping) on the 11B and 14N quadrupole coupling constants (CQ) in the (6,0) single-walled boron-nitride nanotube (BNNT). To this aim, a 10 Å length of BNNT consisting of 24 B atoms and 24 N atoms was selected where the end atoms are capped by hydrogen atoms. To follow the purpose, six C atoms were doped instead of three B and three N atoms as a central ring in the surface of the C-doped BNNT. The calculated CQ values for both optimized BNNT systems, raw and C-doped, reveal different electrostatic environments in the mentioned systems. It was also demonstrated that the end nuclei have the largest CQ values in both considered BNNT systems.


2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Ahmad Seif ◽  
Lila Torkashavand ◽  
Fatemeh Mohammadi

AbstractWe have investigated oxygen decorating in the (10, 0) aluminum nitride nanotube (AlNNT) by density functional theory. Band gaps, total (TDOS) and partial (PDOS) densities of state and chemical-shielding isotropic (CSI) and chemical-shielding anisotropic (CSA) have been calculated or determined in three models of the investigated (10, 0) AlNNT: pristine (model.0), O-decorating at the one ring in the middle of AlNNT (Model.1) and O-decorating at the nitrogen mouth of AlNNT (Model.2). The results indicated that the dipole moment does not detect the significant effects of dopant whereas TDOS, PDOS and band gap energies detect notable effects. The CSI and CSA values for the Al and N atoms-contributed to the Al-O bonds or those atoms close to the decorated region, in both models of O-decorated AlNNTs are changed.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianghai Sheng ◽  
Lee Thompson ◽  
Hrant Hratchian

This work evaluates the quality of exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations using density functional theory corrected by the Approximate Projection model. Results show that improvements using the Approximate Projection model range from modest to significant. This study demonstrates that, at least for the class of systems examined here, spin-projection generally improves the quality of density functional theory calculations of J-coupling constants and spin crossover gaps. Furthermore, it is shown that spin-projection can be important for both geometry optimization and energy evaluations. The Approximate Project model provides an affordable and practical approach for effectively correcting spin-contamination errors in molecular exchange coupling constant and spin crossover gap calculations.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1947
Author(s):  
Delano P. Chong

After geometry optimization, the electron spectra of indole and four azaindoles are calculated by density functional theory. Available experimental photoemission and excitation data for indole and 7-azaindole are used to compare with the theoretical values. The results for the other azaindoles are presented as predictions to help the interpretation of experimental spectra when they become available.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (30) ◽  
pp. 18246-18251
Author(s):  
Selçuk Eşsiz

A computational study of metal-free cyanomethylation and cyclization of aryl alkynoates with acetonitrile is carried out employing density functional theory and high-level coupled-cluster methods, such as [CCSD(T)].


1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 502-503
Author(s):  
Branko S. Jursic

High level ab initio and density functional theory studies are performed on highly protonated methane species.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (39) ◽  
pp. 27226-27231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieu My Bui ◽  
Van An Dinh ◽  
Susumu Okada ◽  
Takahisa Ohno

Based on density functional theory, we have systematically studied the crystal and electronic structures, and the diffusion mechanism of the NASICON-type solid electrolyte Na3Zr2Si2PO12.


Chemistry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 704-713
Author(s):  
Younas Aouine ◽  
Aaziz Jmiai ◽  
Anouar Alami ◽  
Abdallah El Asri ◽  
Souad El Issami ◽  
...  

The N-alkylation reaction of N-benzoyl 5-(aminomethyl)tetrazole (5-AMT) with benzyl bromide was carried out in the presence of K2CO3 as a base. Two separable regioisomers were obtained, thus their purification led to determine the proportion of each of them, and their structures were attributed essentially based on 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy in addition to the elemental analysis and MS data. In order to confirm the results obtained at the synthesis level, a computational study was carried out by application of density functional theory (DFT) using the Becke three-parameter hybrid exchange functional and the Lee-Yang-Parr correlation functional (B3LYP).


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