title: A Theoretical Study on the Strain Energy of Carbon Nanobelts.
abstract: A theoretical study on the strain energy of carbon nanobelts, i.e. the belt-shaped molecules representing the sidewall structures of carbon nanotubes, is reported. The strain energy of carbon nanobelts with chiral indices (n,n), (n,0), and (n,m) was determined without considering hypothetical homodesmotic reactions. The calculated difference between the strain energy of carbon nanobelts and their possible precursors is expected to be of great utility for future synthetic purposes.
authors.affiliation: JST, ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.|Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Segawa
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: JST, ERATO, Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.|Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.|Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University , Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itami