The effect of surface curvature of aluminum nitride nanotubes on the adsorption of NH3

Structural Chemistry - Tập 22 - Trang 1261-1265 - 2011
Ali Ahmadi1, Mohammad Kamfiroozi2, Javad Beheshtian3, Nasser L. Hadipour1
1Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
3Department of Chemistry, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Tóm tắt

Our main objectives are to address the following fundamental issues: (1) A density functional theory study on the structural and electronic properties of the zigzag single-walled aluminum nitride nanotubes (AlNNTs) with various diameters, using B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory. (2) An ONIOM study on the curvature effect of AlNNTs on the NH3 adsorption process using B3LYP/6-31G* and semiempirical AM1 approaches. Furthermore, a potential energy surface is calculated for NH3 moving toward AlNNT surface. In contrast to semiconducting carbon nanotubes (Louie, Top Appl Phys 80:113, 2001) our calculations confirmed that the HOMO–LUMO energy gap of AlNNTs increases with an increase of the tube diameter. Additionally, we showed that HOMO/LUMO interaction between NH3 and AlNNTs becomes stronger as the tube diameter decreases.

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