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## CNT Bands Challenge Problem

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by Denis Areshkin
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1 2 3 4 It is important to have a quantitative model describing how an interaction of the CNT with its environment (e.g. supporting substrate, other nanotubes, polymer matrix, etc.) influences CNT ability to conduct current. One possible mathematical formulation of this physical problem can be stated as follows: - In a first nearest neighbor pi-orbital tight-binding approximation let us assume that random distortion is described by random shifts $\Delta_{ii}$ of on-site Hamiltonian matrix elements $h_{ii}$. The dispersion $\sigma$ of on-site shifts is defined in its usual way: $\sigma^{2}=\<\Delta_{ii}^{2}\>-\<\Delta_{ii}\>^{2}$ + In a first nearest neighbor pi-orbital tight-binding approximation let us assume that random distortion is described by random shifts $\Delta_{ii}$ of on-site Hamiltonian matrix elements $h_{ii}$. The dispersion $\sigma$ of on-site shifts is defined in its usual way: $\sigma^{2}=<\Delta_{ii}^{2}>-<\Delta_{ii}>^{2}$ the random short range defects (e.g. ) The article contains detailed and self-contained explanation of quantum transmission calculations. As an example providing insight on the properties of Greens functions and contact self-energies, analytical expression for localization length in randomly distorted CNT is derived (Section VIII, Eqs.(41-43)). Download: [[File(Real-Life-Problem_CNT.pdf)]]

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