An estimation of HOMO–LUMO gap for a class of molecular graphs

Abstract

For any simple connected graph G of order n, having eigen spectrum μ 1 ≥ μ 2 ≥ ⋯ ≥ μ n with middle eigenvalues μ H and μ L, where H = ⌊(n + 1)/2⌋ and L = ⌈(n + 1)/2⌉, the HOMO–LUMO gap is defined as as ΔG = μ H = μ L. In this article, a simple upper bound for the HOMO–LUMO gap corresponding to a special class of connected bipartite graphs is estimated. As an application, the upper bounds for the HOMO–LUMO gap of certain classes of nanotubes and nanotori are estimated.

Keywords

• molecular graph
• eigen spectrum
• homo–lumo gap
• bipartite graphs
• hermitian matrix