Carbon Nano Structures
Surface covering and simulations of carbon nano structures
Carbon nanostructures have attracted much attention in the last several decades, especially, due to their potential technological applications. The experimental discovery of carbon nanoballs in 1985 and carbon nanotubes in 1991 have led scientists to propose the existence of structures with other topologies such as toroidal and helical structures. A molecule in the shape of a torus is expected to have special chemical and physical properties due to its multi-connectivity and its negative curvature regions. Below lists several studies on the electronic and structural properties of carbon nanotoroidal structures that I contributed to:
- E. Yazgan, E. Tasci, O.B. Malcioglu, and S. Erkoc, “Stability of Carbon Nanotoroids” at the NATO-Advance Study Institute (ASI) Nanoengineered Nanofibrous Materials September 1-12, 2003, Belek-Antalya, Turkey (2003), [Nanoengineered Nanofibrous Materials ISBN: 9781402025495, 2004]
- E. Yazgan, E. Tasci, O.B. Malcioglu, and S. Erkoc (2004) Electronic properties of carbon nanotoroidal structures , Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 681, 1, 231.
- E. Yazgan, E. Tasci, and S. Erkoc (2004) An algorithm to generate toroidal and helical cage structures using pentagons, hexagons, and heptagons International Journal of Modern Physics C, 15, 267.
- E. Yazgan, E. Tasci, O.B. Malcioglu, and S. Erkoc, “Theoretical Investigation of Carbon Nanotoroid Structures” in the Turkish Physics Association 22. Physics Congress (TFD22), September 14-17 (2004), Bodrum, Turkiye.
- E. Tasci, E. Yazgan, O.B. Malcioglu, and S. Erkoc (2005) Stability of Carbon Nanotori under Heat Treatment: Molecular‐Dynamics Simulations Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 13, 147.
- E. Yazgan, and S. Erkoc (2005) Structural and Electronic Properties of \((C_nLi)^+\) Cluster Ions, International Journal of Modern Physics C 16, No. 02, 271.