Authors: Shigeru Arimoto
Publish Date: 2006/03/18
Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-269
Abstract
The present article is the first part of a series devoted to extending the Repeat Space Theory RST to apply to carbon nanotubes and related molecular networks Four key problems are formulated whose affirmative solutions imply the formation of the initial investigative bridge between the research field of nanotubes and that of the additivity and other network problems studied and solved by using the RST All of these four problems are solved affirmatively by using tools from the RST The Piecewise Monotone Lemmas PMLs are cornerstones of the proof of the Fukui conjecture concerning the additivity problems of hydrocarbons The solution of the fourth problem gives a generalized analytical formula of the pielectron energy band curves of nanotube a b with two new complex parameters c and d These two parameters bring forth a broad class of analytic curves to which the PMLs and associated theoretical devices apply Based on the above affirmative solutions of the problems a central theorem in the RST called the asymptotic linearity theorem ALT has been applied to nanotubes and monocyclic polyenes Analytical formulae derived in this application of the ALT illuminate in a new global context i the conductivity of nanotubes and ii the aromaticity of monocyclic polyenes moreover an analytical formula obtained by using the ALT provides a fresh insight into Hückel’s 4n+2 rule The present article forms a foundation of the forthcoming articles in this series
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