Magnetism of Co₁₃-Filled Carbon Nanotubes of Diverse Chiral Symmetry

Andrew Kuznetsov

ATG:biosynthetics, Merzhausen, Germany.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2013.43A058                

Abstract

The attempt to study magnetism in (n,m) chiral space of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with embedded metal cluster is presented. Co₁₃ metallic cluster inside zigzag and chiral single-walled nanotubes was investigated using density functional theory (DFT). Magnetic properties of the endohedral nanotubes with the various chiral index (n,m) were characterized by calculation of the total spin magnetic moment (S). The dependence of S on the chiral symmetry of nanotubes, as well as the orientation of Co₁₃ cluster within nanotubes was found. Longitudinal orientation of icosahedral Co₁₃ cluster was preferable for magnetization in general. However, it was shown that the magnetic landscape M = f(n,m) of endohedral nanotubes is very complex and sharp.

Keywords

Magic Co₁₃ Cluster; Endohedral Nanotubes; Chirality; Total Spin Magnetic Moment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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