Research Article

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

Table 4

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

npState 2 4 6
CAS-CI NEVPT2 CAS-CI NEVPT2 CAS-CI NEVPT2

7−23.1−56.5−0.9−9.7−4−2.3
−14.8−37.8−0.6−6.5−2−1.6
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
346.4−49.2396.9−4.5398.7−1.7
178.0−17.1198.50.6199.32.7
203.1−7.7199.41.3199.42.7
406.0−7.4398.81.7398.82.4
446.627.7569.345.9599.797.2

9−13.3−51.5−0.5−15.9−2−7.5
−8.6−34.8−0.3−10.6−1−5.0
0.00.00.00.00.00.00
333.7−47.4387.8−37.9382.4−34.2
384.5−33.5380.1−29.3382.5−32.4
192.3−21.9190.0−15.3191.2−15.5
176.5−18.0189.5−15.5191.2−15.5
409.952.2504.041.5547.8−37.7

11−10.1−61.6−0.4−35.8−3−27.8
−6.6−41.6−0.3−23.9−2−18.5
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
309.1−52.3360.8−88.9362.9−87.6
181.4−38.6181.1−39.4181.5−43.6
168.6−26.3180.7−39.2181.4−43.7
370.551.3449.82.8485.8−55.9
360.351.4362.3−70.8362.9−82.1