APPLICATION OF SYMMETRY AND TOPOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING NEW CARBON MATERIALS

Authors

• Alexey Ignatchenko, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster Presentation

Publication Date

4-17-2026

Keywords

fsc2026

Abstract

Schwarzites are a hypothetical allotrope form of carbon proposed for the construction of new materials with desired properties. Schwarzite P-surface design is explored in this work by using isolated sp²-hybridized carbon heptagons for the construction of P-chambers according to Euler’s formula and by adding various length nanotubes as connectors between chambers. The proposed design guides the bottom-up synthesis of Schwarzites and offers a variation in DFT calculated electric and mechanical properties of materials - porosity, density, Young’s modulus, and electric conductivity. Suggested nomenclature for the networks includes the symmetry of the chambers, topological index of the chamber neck, number of carbon atoms, and the length of the nanotube.

Comments

Poster presented at the 2026 Fisher Showcase, St. John Fisher University, April 17, 2026.

Publication Information

Ignatchenko, Alexey, "APPLICATION OF SYMMETRY AND TOPOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING NEW CARBON MATERIALS" (2026). Fisher Showcase 2026. Paper 124.
https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/fsc2026/124

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