First-principles study of crystalline bundles of single-walled boron nanotubes with small diameter
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First-principles calculations based on density functional theory are performed to study structural and electronic properties of crystalline bundles of (n, 0) zigzag and (0, n) armchair-type single-walled boron nanotubes (SWBNT) with small diameter, about 4–6 Å. The results predict a modification in the properties of SWBNT bundles relative to those of isolated nanotubes with small diameter. The predicted modification can be attributed to a significant interplay between intraand inter-tubular bonds in determining the stability of bundles of small diameter SWBNT, analogous to the role played by intraand inter-icosahedral bonds in the boron crystalline solids. (Some figures in this article are in colour only in the electronic version)
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