Abstract We have performed ab initio calculations based on density functional theory to investigate the structural and electronic properties
of finite double wall phenine nanotubes and their hybrid structures with armchair carbon nanotubes. The result shows that double wall
phenine nanotubes and the hybrid structures are quite stable. The stability of structure is strongly depends on inter-layer separation be-
tween the two tubes. The double walled phenine nanotubes are more stable than their corresponding pristine armchair tubes and exhibit
a semi-conducting nature with a HOMO-LUMO gap of 2.78eV and 2.80eV. The hybrid structures have a small electronic gap between
0.13eV-0.50eV similar to double wall armchair nanotubes. The results highlight the possibility of the synthesis of novel semi-conducting
double wall phenine structures.
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