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Subjecting a nanohelix to a transverse electric field gives rise to superlattice behavior with tunable electronic properties. We theoretically investigate such a system and find Bloch oscillations and negative differential conductance when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-14 C. A. Downing , M. G. Robinson , M. E. Portnoi

A charge carrier confined in a quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor helical nanostructure in the presence of an electric field normal to the axis of the helix is subjected to a periodic potential proportional to the strength of the field and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-09-24 O. V. Kibis , M. E. Portnoi

A theory of a new magnetodynamic effect describing the energy exchange between the degrees of freedom of a conducting cylinder moving in a helical magnetic field has been developed. The possibility of effectively converting the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 M. D. Tokman , V. L. Bratman , E. Magori , N. Balal

We theoretically investigate a quasi-one-dimensional quantum wire, where the lowest two subbands are populated, in the presence of a helical magnetic field. We uncover a backscattering mechanism involving the helical magnetic field and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Chen-Hsuan Hsu , Flavio Ronetti , Peter Stano , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

The present study aims at utilizing field effect phenomenon to induce heterogeneous surface charge and consequently changing the fluid flow in a solid state nanochannel with converging-diverging periodicity. It is shown that the proposed…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-18 Movaffaq Kateb , Mohammadreza Kolahdouz , Morteza Fathipour

The measured electric resistance of carbon nanotubes wrapped with DNA molecules depends strongly on the spin of the injected electrons. Motivated by these experiments, we study the effect of helix-shaped potentials on the electronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Yotam Perlitz , Karen Michaeli

We derive diffusion equations, which describe spin-charge coupled transport on the helical metal surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator. The main feature of these equations is a large magnitude of the spin-charge coupling,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. A. Burkov , D. G. Hawthorn

We show that in excitonic insulators with $s$-wave electron-hole pairing, an applied electric field (either pulsed or static) can induce a $p$-wave component to the order parameter, and further drive it to rotate in the $s+ip$ plane,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-01-14 Zhiyuan Sun , Andrew J. Millis

We report a theoretical study of electron transport along helical molecules under an external electric field, which is perpendicular to the helix axis of the molecule. Our results reveal that the topological states could appear in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 Ai-Min Guo , Qing-Feng Sun

We study the influence of transverse electric fields on the interfacial forces between a graphene layer and a carbon nanotube tip by means of atomistic simulations, in which a Gaussian regularized charge-dipole potential is combined with…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-18 Zhao Wang

Conformation dependent circular current is investigated in a single handed helical geometry in presence of magnetic flux $\phi$ within a Hartree-Fock mean field approach. The helical model is described by a set of non-planar rings connected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-02 Srilekha Saha , Santanu K. Maiti , S. N. Karmakar

We argue that twisted graphene nanoribbons subjected to a transverse electric field can operate as a variety of nanoelectronic devices, such as tunable tunnel diodes with current-voltage characteristics controlled by the transverse field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-14 Marta Saiz-Bretín , Andrey V. Malyshev , Francisco Domínguez-Adame

Pumping of electrons through nano-scale devices is one of the fascinating achievements in the field of nano-science with a wide range of applications. To optimize the performance of pumps, operating them at high frequencies is mandatory. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-07 Alexander Croy , Ulf Saalmann

We investigate the electromechanical response of doubly clamped graphene nanoribbons to a transverse gate voltage. An analytical model is developed to predict the field-induced deformation of graphene nanoribbons as a function of field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Zhao Wang , Laetitia Philippe , Jamil Elias

We calculate effects of an applied helically symmetric potential on the low energy electronic spectrum of a carbon nanotube in the continuum approximation. The spectrum depends on the strength of this potential and on a dimensionless…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. J. Michalski , E. J. Mele

Recent theoretical studies show that nanoscale contact on dielectric substrates can induce flexoelectric polarization large enough to drive electron transfer. This has been supported by experimental evidence, indicating that contact…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Han Hu , Xiaoying Zhuang , Timon Rabczuk

The classical Hall effect, the traditional means of determining charge-carrier sign and density in a conductor, requires a magnetic field to produce transverse voltages across a current-carrying wire. We show that along curved paths --…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Nicholas B. Schade , David I. Schuster , Sidney R. Nagel

Modulation-doped AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures are utilized extensively in the study of quantum transport in nanostructures, but charge fluctuations associated with remote ionized dopants often produce deleterious effects. Electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Sumit Mondal , Geoffrey C. Gardner , John D. Watson , Saeed Fallahi , Amir Yacoby , Michael J. Manfra

In-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has become an important technique to study dynamic processes at highest spatial resolution and one branch is the investigation of phenomena related with electrical currents. Here, we present…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Simon Hettler , Raul Arenal

Electron motion in a (n,1) carbon nanotube is shown to correspond to a de Broglie wave propagating along a helical line on the nanotube wall. This helical motion leads to periodicity of the electron potential energy in the presence of an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 O. V. Kibis , D. G. W. Parfitt , M. E. Portnoi
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