Table 8 The doner-acceptor NBO interactions and second order perturbation estimation of the stabilization energy (E2) for the boron nitride nanotubes, calculated at B3LYP-D3(BJ)/6-311G* level of theory.

From: Quantum DFT methods to explore the interaction of 1-Adamantylamine with pristine, and P, As, Al, and Ga doped BN nanotubes

System

Donor

Acceptor

E2(kcal/mol)

BNNT(5,5)

LP(N)

BD*(N–B)

50.94

BD(N–B)

LP*(B)

52.15

BNNT(6,6)

LP(N)

BD*(N–B)

50.1

BD(N–B)

LP*(B)

47.93

BNNT(7,7)

LP(N)

BD*(N–B)

49.02

BD(N–B)

LP*(B)

46.99

BNNT(Al)

LP(N1)

LP*(Al)

88.51

LP(N2)

LP*(Al)

88.29

LP(N3)

LP*(Al)

83.43

LP(Al)

BD(B–N)

4.6

BNNT(Ga)

BD(N–Ga)

BD*(N–B)

43.99

BD(N–Ga)

BD*(N–B)

39.69

BD(N–B)

LP*(Ga)

17.15

BD(N–B)

BD*(N–Ga)

14.24

BD(N–B)

BD*(N–Ga)

4.01

BD(N–B)

BD*(N–Ga)

2.86

BNNT(P)

BD(N–B)

BD*(B–P)

3.39

BD(N–B)

BD*(B–P)

3.03

BD(N–B)

BD*(B–P)

2.86

BD(N–B)

BD*(B–P)

1.84

BNNT(As)

LP(As)

BD*(B–N)

8

BD(B–As)

BD*(B–N)

4.93

BD(B–As)

BD*(B–N)

3.2

BD(B–N)

BD*(B–As)

1.74