• 文献标题:   Graphene Nanobelts, Mobius and Higher Order Mobius Strips Formed from Graphene. A Combined CASSCF/DFT Study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OLMEDO EM, FOMINE S
  • 作者关键词:   dft, complete active space, mobius strip, graphene nanobelt, linking number
  • 出版物名称:   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   0036-0244 EI 1531-863X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1134/S0036024419040216
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Twisted graphene nanoribbons with linking numbers (L-k) of 2 and 3 have been studied at hybrid DFT and CASSCF levels. CASSCF calculations demonstrated strong multireference and polyradicalic character of the ground states in all studied systems. This explains striking discrepancies between DFT and CASSCF results. We demonstrated that taking into account static correlation is important for correct description of the electronic structure of the Mobius strips. CASSCF results show the total spin and the multiconfigurational character of the ground state do not depend on the L-k. On the other hand, both DFT and CASSCF show similar trend for dependence of strain energy on the L-k. However, CASSCF results indicate higher strain energies for M3-k systems compared DFT. The increase of strain energy is more notable when going from L-k = 0 to 1 and from L-k = 2 to 3. When going from L-k = 1 to 2 the increase in strain energy is notably less.