| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M28316/01 |
| Title: |
INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS IN GRAPHITE AND CARBON NANOTUBES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Manolopoulos, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Oxford Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 June 1999 |
Ends: |
31 May 2002 |
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85,093
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| Chemical Structure |
Surfaces & Interfaces |
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The aim of the proposed project is to apply a recently developed tight-binding plus dispersion model for the stacking of graphite planes to the study of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The issues that will be addressed include the observation of surface superpatterns in STM images and the observation of asymmetric fringes in HRTEM images of multi-walled nanotubes. More generally, the aim of the project will be to understand the interplay between the attractive inter-layer orbital interactions, the repulsive inter-layer interactions, and the underlying bonding connectivity of each individual tube in determining the physical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
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