Interference effects in one-dimensional moiré crystals

Double wall carbon nanotubes; First-principles; Moiré; Quantum interference; Quantum transport; Tight-binding; Crystals; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN); Quantum chemistry; Double-wall carbon nanotubes; Finite sections; First principles; Interference effects; Interlayer transport; Moire; One-dimensional; Tight binding; Wave functions

Abstract :

[en] Interference effects in finite sections of one-dimensional moiré crystals are investigated using a Landauer-Büttiker formalism within the tight-binding approximation. We explain interlayer transport in double-wall carbon nanotubes and design a predictive model. Wave function interference is visible at the mesoscale: in the strong coupling regime, as a periodic modulation of quantum conductance and emergent localized states; in the localized-insulating regime, as a suppression of interlayer transport, and oscillations of the density of states. These results could be exploited to design quantum electronic devices. © 2021 The Authors

Disciplines :

Physics
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Chemistry

Author, co-author :

Wittemeier, N.; Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICN2 (CSIC, BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain

Verstraete, Matthieu ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique des matériaux et nanostructures

Ordejón, P.; Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - ICN2 (CSIC, BIST), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain

Zanolli, Zeila ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique des matériaux et nanostructures

Title :

Interference effects in one-dimensional moiré crystals

Publication date :

2022

Journal title :

Carbon

ISSN :

0008-6223

eISSN :

1873-3891

Publisher :

Elsevier Ltd

Volume :

186

Pages :

416-422

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Tags :

Tier-1 supercomputer
CÉCI : Consortium des Équipements de Calcul Intensif

Funders :

MINECO - Spanish Government. Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness [ES]
Generalitat de Catalunya [ES]
EU - European Union [BE]
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]

Funding number :

Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence Program under Grant No. SEV-2017-0706; Spanish MICIU, AEI and EU FEDER (Grants No. PGC2018-096955-B-C43); Generalitat de Catalunya (Grant No. 2017SGR1506 and the CERCA Programme); European Union MaX Center of Excellence (EU-H2020 Grant No. 824143); Ramon y Cajal program RYC-2016-19344 (MINECO/AEI/FSE, UE); Belgian FNRS (PDR G.A. T.1077.15e1/7 and a sabbatical “OUT” grant at ICN2),; Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 754558

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