Structural Derivative and Electronic Property of Armchair Carbon Nanotubes from Carbon Clusters

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Initial structures, derivative processes of the finite SWCNTs 8, ], DWCNTs 8, ]@16, ], and TWCNTs 8, ]@16, ]@24, ], and the corresponding unit cells of infinite SWCNTs (4, 4), DWCNTs (4, 4)@(8, 8), and TWCNTs (4, 4)@(8, 8)@(12, 12).

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