Research Article

The Electronic Structure of Short Carbon Nanotubes: The Effects of Correlation

Table 3

CAS-CI and the NEVPT2 energies in kJ mol−1 for the class of nanotubes , with even and odd. All possible states for a CAS of two electrons in two orbitals have been calculated.

npState 1 3 5 7
CAS-CI NEVPT2 CAS-CI NEVPT2 CAS-CI NEVPT2 CAS-CI NEVPT2

6 −0.3−43.0−1  ⋅  −10.1−3  ⋅  −3.7−2  ⋅  −1.6
0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
319.3162.4476.4151.9553.9169.3566.1190.1

8 −3.7−43.1−0.1−25.9−7  ⋅  −20.7−9  ⋅  −21.9
0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
237.5138.9364.179.3417.5−3.7445.8−127.1

10 −12.9−34.7−0.6−55.5−0.1−76.9
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
188.2125.1292.327.1339.8−200.4