sknano.structures.compute_Lz

sknano.structures.compute_Lz(*Ch, *, nz=1, bond=None, **kwargs)[source][source]

Compute \(L_z = L_{\mathrm{tube}}\) in nanometers.

\[L_z = n_z |\mathbf{T}|\]
Parameters:

*Ch : {tuple or ints}

Either a 2-tuple of ints or 2 integers giving the chiral indices of the nanotube chiral vector \(\mathbf{C}_h = n\mathbf{a}_1 + m\mathbf{a}_2 = (n, m)\).

nz : {int, float}

Number of nanotube unit cells

bond : float, optional

Distance between nearest neighbor atoms (i.e., bond length). Must be in units of . Default value is the carbon-carbon bond length in graphite, approximately \(\mathrm{a}_{\mathrm{CC}} = 1.42\)

Returns:

float

\(L_z = L_{\mathrm{tube}}\) in nanometers