Table 1 Energies of the singlet (ES) and triplet (ET) spin-multiplicity states for the studied nanotubes, calculated at PBE-PBE/6-311G* level of theory, and with applying PBC.
Nanotube | ES (a.u.) | ET (a.u.) | ES-ET (eV) |
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BNNT(5,5) | − 3184.982228 | − 3184.815362 | − 4.54 |
BNNT(Al) | − 3402.401335 | − 3402.253616 | − 4.02 |
BNNT(Ga) | − 5082.687487 | − 5082.551242 | − 3.71 |
BNNT(P) | − 3471.367688 | − 3471.220900 | − 3.99 |
BNNT(As) | − 5363.595038 | − 5363.451449 | − 3.91 |