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Geometry and topology induced electronic properties of graphene derived quantum systems. (English) Zbl 1037.81636

Summary: Three different topological structures built on the basis of a graphene lattice are investigated. Clusters of the (3,6) type homeomorphic with the sphere, toroidal, and cylindrical carbon nanotubes are shown to have the same dispersion relation, inherited from the planar graphene lattice. The persistent currents in axially symmetric structures, their dependence on the size and geometry of the molecule, are also discussed.

MSC:

81V55 Molecular physics
81V70 Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect
81U30 Dispersion theory, dispersion relations arising in quantum theory
82D20 Statistical mechanics of solids
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