An alternate mathematical model for single-wall carbon nanotubes

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2004.12.007zbMATH Open1082.81090arXivmath-ph/0403011OpenAlexW2059042784MaRDI QIDQ2567073FDOQ2567073

Authors: Nicolae Cotfas 

Publication date: 29 September 2005

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The positions of atoms forming a carbon nanotube are usually described by using a system of generators of the symmetry group. Each atomic position corresponds to an element of the set Z X {0,1,...,n} X {0,1}, where n is a natural number depending on the considered nanotube. We obtain an alternate rather different description by starting from a description of the honeycomb lattice in terms of Miller indices. In our mathematical model which is a factor space defined by an equivalence relation in the set {(v_0,v_1,v_2)in Z^3 | v_0+v_1+v_2in {0,1}} the neighbours of an atomic position can be described in a simpler way, and the mathematical objects with geometric or physical significance have a simpler and more symmetric form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0403011

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zbMATH Keywords

honeycomb latticeenergy levelssingle-wall carbon nanotube

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Molecular physics (81V55) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

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