@article {2512,
	title = {Ab Initio Studies of Vacancy-Defected Fullerenes and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes},
	journal = {Int. J. Quantum Chem.},
	volume = {109},
	number = {14},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 507VUTimes Cited: 1Cited Reference Count: 51Liu, Lei Vincent Tian, Wei Quan Wang, Yan Alexander6th Congress of the International-Society-for-Theoretical-Chemical-PhysicsJUL 19-24, 2008Vancouver, CANADAInt Soc Theoret Chem PhysSp. Iss. SI},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {3441-3456},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {<p>The structures, stabilities, and electronic properties of the single-vacancy-defected fullerenes, C-60 and C-70, and the single- and double-vacancy-defected single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were studied within density functional theory. The isomerization barriers for the single-vacancy-defected C,, on the triplet potential energy surface (PES) are lower than those on the singlet PES. The symmetric double-vacancy-defected (10,0) SWCNT is the most stable one among the models investigated. According to the analyses of frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), nature bond orbitals, and local density of states, introduction of vacancy on the SWCNT decreases the band gap of semiconducting SWCNT, increases the band gap of conducting SWCNT, destructs the pi conjugation of the FMOs, and gives rise to enhanced chemical activity. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 109: 3441-3456, 2009</p>},
	keywords = {BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, C-60, COMPUTATIONS, CONDUCTANCE, density, EXCHANGE, FULLERENE, GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION, GROWTH, INHIBITION, OXIDES, single-walled carbon nanotube, vacancy defect},
	isbn = {0020-7608},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000270884200026},
	author = {Liu, L. V. and Tian, W. Q. and Y. A. Wang*}
}
@article {1602,
	title = {Search for suitable approximation methods for fullerene structure and relative stability studies: Case study with C<sub>50</sub>},
	journal = {J. Chem. Phys.},
	volume = {125},
	number = {9},
	year = {2006},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 081XSTimes Cited: 13Cited Reference Count: 48Tian, Wei Quan Feng, Ji-Kang Wang, Yan Alexander Aoki, Yuriko},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {094105},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Local density approximation (LDA), several popular general gradient approximation (GGA), hybrid module based density functional theoretical methods: SVWN, BLYP, PBE, HCTH, B3LYP, PBE1PBE, B1LYP, and BHandHLYP, and some nonstandard hybrid methods are applied in geometry prediction for C-60 and C-70. HCTH with 3-21G basis set is found to be one of the best methods for fullerene structural prediction. In the predictions of relative stability of C-50 isomers, PM3 is an efficient method in the first step for sorting out the most stable isomers. HCTH with 3-21G predicts very good geometries for C-50, similar to the performance of B3LYP/6-31G(d). The gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital from the predictions of all the density functional theory methods has the following descending order: E-gap(half-and-half hybrid)\&gt; E-gap(B3LYP)\&gt; E-gap(HCTH)(GGA)\&gt; E-gap(SVWN)(LDA). (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.</p>},
	keywords = {ADJUSTABLE-PARAMETERS, BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, C-70, DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY, ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION, ENERGIES, GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION, MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE, PERFORMANCE, PHASE, SEMIEMPIRICAL METHODS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000240351500008},
	author = {W. Q. Tian* and J.-K. Feng and Wang, Y. A. and Aoki, Y.}
}
