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Hexagon Preserving Carbon Nanofoams

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Computer-Based Modeling of Novel Carbon Systems and Their Properties

Part of the book series: Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics ((CMCP,volume 3))

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Carbon foams are hypothetical carbon allotropes that contain graphene (sp 2carbon) segments, connected by sp 3carbon atoms, resulting in porous structures. These structures may represent novel stable carbon modifications with sp 2+ sp 3hybridization. Carbon foams show high structural stability at very low mass density. The construction principles, the structures, the energetics as well as the electronic and mechanical properties of carbon foams is discussed. The study is restricted to foam structures with sixfold rings and hexagonal cross-sections (hexagon preserving foams). The relation to defected graphite and the so-called Glitter structures is briefly discussed. The similarity of electronic band structure and the electronic DOS (density of states) of foams to carbon nanotubes is explained.

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Acknowledgements

Support of this research is acknowledged to Stiftung Energieforschung BW and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. The authors thank also M. Heggie and I. Suarez-Martinez for data about screw dislocated graphite. Figures were made using GTK Display Interface for Structures 0.89.

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  1. Technische Universitaet Dresden, Physikalische Chemie, Bergstr. 66b, Dresden, 01062, Germany

    Gotthard Seifert

  2. School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany

    Agnieszka Kuc & Thomas Heine

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  2. Inst. Molecules & Materials, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, Nijmegen, 6525 ED, Netherlands

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Seifert, G., Kuc, A., Heine, T. (2010). Hexagon Preserving Carbon Nanofoams. In: Colombo, L., Fasolino, A. (eds) Computer-Based Modeling of Novel Carbon Systems and Their Properties. Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9718-8_3

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