Electronic and Mechanical Properties of (6,1) Carbon nano-tubes with
different tube diameter: A Theoretical Studies
Abstract
We investigated the electronic and mechanical properties of
single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with different tube diameters
using density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD)
simulation, respectively. The carbon nanotubes’ electronic properties
were derived from the index number ( n 1 , n 2 ), lattice vectors, and
the rolled graphene sheet orientation. For (6,1) SWCNT, ( n 1 - n 2 )/3
is a non-integer, so the expected characteristic is semiconducting. We
have considered (6,1) Chiral SWCNT with different diameters ‘d’ (4.68 Å,
4.90 Å, 5.14 Å, 5.32 Å, 5.53 Å) corresponds to respective bond-lengths ‘
δ ’(1.32 Å, 1.36 Å, 1.45 Å, 1.50 Å and 1.56 Å) and then analyze the
electronic properties from the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals
(LCAO) based on DFT. We have used both the DFT-1/2 and GGA exchange
energy correlation approximations for our calculation and compared the
results. In both cases, the energy band gap is decreasing order with the
increase in bond lengths. The lowest value of formation energy was
obtained at the bond length δ = 1.45 Å ( d = 5.14 Å). For the mechanical
properties, we have calculated Young’s Modulus using Molecular Dynamic
simulations. From our calculation, we have found that the (6,1) SWCNT
with bond length 1.45 Å ( d = 5.14 Å) has Young’s modulus value of 1.553
TPa.