Atomic models are proposed for nanotubes of the titanium silicocarbides Ti2SiC, Ti3SiC2, and Ti4SiC3, and their electronic structure and interatomic interactions are investigated by the density functional tight-binding method (DFTB) in comparison with the corresponding crystalline phases.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 88-92, March-April, 2009.
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Enyashin, A.N., Ivanovskii, A.L. Quantum-chemical modelling of nanotubes of titanium silicocarbides Ti2SiC, Ti3SiC2, and Ti4SiC3 . Theor Exp Chem 45, 98–102 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-009-9077-6
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