Spiral symmetry and general Bloch's theorem

2002/11/30 by Z. C. Tu, Tu, Z. C.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0212003

4 pages

arxiv created 2002/11/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

In this paper, spiral symmetry in cylindrical coordinate and general Bloch's theorem induced from it are discussed. This general Bloch's theorem is useful for considering the properties related to single-walled carbon nanotubes.

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