Research Article

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

Table 5

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

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

7−122.9−172.2−4.5−22.2−0.2−4.5
−70.0−111.0−3.0−14.7−0.1−3.0
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
108.7−65.5195.2−2.0199.22.2
216.4−37.9200.0−2.8199.42.0
255.1−10.7389.416.8398.43.6
422.92.0399.9−0.1398.72.2
308.340.3518.443.4590.090.3

9−87.1−124.5−2.4−27.7−0.1−10.4
−50.5−83.1−1.6−18.5−0.1−7.0
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
199.4−45.6191.1−19.1190.3−15.3
119.7−36.0188.5−15.8190.2−15.0
369.16.3382.2−30.2380.7−30.6
260.638.7375.33.6380.5−28.1
283.592.3465.954.6526.445.0

11−72.2−100.6−2.0−44.7−0.1−30.7
−42.1−69.5−1.3−29.8−0.1−20.4
0.00.00.00.00.00.0
185.5−55.5181.0−39.2181.3−41.7
118.9−19.5178.7−34.5181.2−41.3
329.8−4.4361.9−64.5362.6−76.7
254.073.9355.0−5.9362.4−70.2
243.694.8409.138.4466.1−18.1