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Magnetic Properties of Zig-Zag-Edged Hexagonal Nanohelicenes: A Quantum Chemical Study
Vitaly Porsev1, Robert Evarestov1
1Department of Quantum Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
The atomic structure and electronic and magnetic properties of two zig-zag-edged hexagonal nanohelicenes of the second type [1.2] and [2.2] were studied by the density functional theory. These objects possess a helical periodicity and belong to the fifth family of line symmetry groups in their global energy minimum. These nanohelicenes were shown by us to be diamagnetic metals that undergo spontaneous symmetry breaking into antiferromagnetic semiconductors as a result of the Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition. However, under some torsional stress, a reversible transformation to a diamagnetic metal can take place, which is promising for the use of nanohelicenes in electro-magneto-mechanical nanodevices.
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