Computation of General Zagreb Index of Nanotubes Covered by C5 and C7

Abstract

A molecular graph is hydrogen deleted simple connected graph in which vertices and edges are represented by atoms and chemical bonds, respectively. Topological indices are numerical parameters of a molecular graph which characterize its topology and are usually graph invariant. In Mathematical chemistry, topological descriptors play an important role in modeling different physical and chemical activities of molecules. In this study, the generalized Zagreb index for three types of carbon nanotubes is computed. By putting some particular values to the parameters, some important degree-based topological indices are also derived.