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Tetrahedral Nanoclusters

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Distance, Symmetry, and Topology in Carbon Nanomaterials

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Conserving the sp 2 hybridization of carbon atoms in tetrahedral arrangements is possible in both closed and opened nanostructures. Between the two classes, a structural relationship exists, and they can be easily transformed into each other to facilitate design of complex highly symmetric clusters. A classification of fullerenes with tetrahedral symmetry is here provided, and the corresponding zigzag and armchair tetrapodal nanotube junctions are discussed in detail.

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Acknowledgments

CL Nagy acknowledges the financial support offered by the Babes-Bolyai University through Grant for Young Researchers GTC_34050/2013.

K Nagy acknowledges the financial support of the Sectorial Operational Program for Human Resources Development 2007–2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund, under the project number POSDRU/159/1.5/S/132400 with the title “Young successful researchers – professional development in an international and interdisciplinary environment”.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Babes-Bolyai, 400028, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Csaba L. Nagy & Katalin Nagy

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Arany Janos Street 11, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400028, Romania

    Mircea V. Diudea

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  1. Department of Nanocomputing, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

    Ali Reza Ashrafi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Mircea V. Diudea

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Nagy, C.L., Nagy, K., Diudea, M.V. (2016). Tetrahedral Nanoclusters. In: Ashrafi, A., Diudea, M. (eds) Distance, Symmetry, and Topology in Carbon Nanomaterials. Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31584-3_22

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