STABILITY OF SMALL BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES

摘要

Molar binding energy of isolated boron nitride achiral nanotubes are found by the first principles calculations to oscillate in the range of small radii. The structures (1,1), (3,0), and (4,0) are predicted to be the most stable. Stable sequences of nanotubular layers in multi-walled boron nitride nanotubes are suggested.