Endohedral Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes

dc.creatorClougherty, Dennis P.
dc.date2002-12-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:48:40Z
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dc.descriptionA generalization of the Anderson model that includes pseudo-Jahn-Teller impurity coupling is proposed to describe distortions of an endohedral impurity in a carbon nanotube. Treating the distortion within mean-field theory, spontaneous axial symmetry breaking is found when the vibronic coupling strength g exceeds a critical value g$_c$. The effective potential in the symmetry-broken state is found to have O(2) symmetry, in agreement with numerical calculations. For metallic zigzag nanotubes endohedrally-doped with transition metals in the dilute limit, the low-energy properties of the system may display two-channel Kondo behavior; however, strong vibronic coupling is seen to exponentially suppress the Kondo energy scale.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212269
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212269
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 90, 035507 (2003)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.035507
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/20498
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleEndohedral Impurities in Carbon Nanotubes
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