Graphene Edge from Armchair to Zigzag: The Origins of Nanotube Chirality?

Yuanyue Liu, Alex Dobrinsky, and Boris I. Yakobson
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 235502 – Published 3 December 2010
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Abstract

The energy of an arbitrary graphene edge, from armchair (A) to zigzag (Z) orientation, is derived in analytical form. It contains a “chemical phase shift” determined by the chemical conditions at the edge. Direct atomistic computations support the universal nature of the relationship, definitive for graphene formation, and shapes of the voids or ribbons. It has further profound implications for nanotube chirality selection and possibly control by chemical means, at the nucleation stage.

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  • Received 6 October 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.235502

© 2010 The American Physical Society

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Yuanyue Liu, Alex Dobrinsky, and Boris I. Yakobson*

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry, and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

  • *biy@rice.edu

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Vol. 105, Iss. 23 — 3 December 2010

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