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A first-principles investigation of the electronic and quantum transport properties of double-walled carbon nanotubes doped with nitrogen and boron atoms is presented. Concentric nanotube sidewalls separated by the typical graphitic van der…
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In this paper we investigate from first principles the effect of the electron-phonon interaction in two paradigmatic nanostructures: trans-polyacetylene and polyethylene. We found that the strong electron-phonon interaction leads to the…
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Graphene is a novel two-dimensional material with fascinating electrodynamic properties like the ability to support collective electron oscillations (plasmons) accompanied by tight confinement of electromagnetic fields. Our goal is to…