Magneto-chiral anisotropy of the free electron on a helix

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作者
Krstic, V
Rikken, GLJA
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Festkorperforsch, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Festkorperforsch, Grenoble High magnet Field Lab, CNRS, F-38042 Grenoble, France
[3] UPS, INSA, CNRS, Lab Natl Champs Magnet Pulses,UMS 5462, F-31432 Toulouse, France
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10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01243-5
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The free electron on a helix as a simple model of a molecular chiral conductor is considered. In the presence of a static magnetic field parallel to the helix axis, it is found that both ballistic and diffusive electrical transport along the helix show a conductivity that depends linearly on the current and the magnetic field and on the handedness of the helix. These results agree qualitatively with the recently experimentally observed electrical magneto-chiral anisotropy in carbon nanotubes. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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