Conductance of tubular nanowires with disorder

L. Serra; M. S. Choi

doi:10.1140/epjb/e2009-00280-6

Conductance of tubular nanowires with disorder

L. Serra, M. S. Choi

Department of Physics

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Abstract

We calculate the conductance of tubular-shaped nanowires having many potential scatterers at random positions. Our approach is based on the scattering matrix formalism and our results analyzed within the scaling theory of disordered conductors. When increasing the energy the conductance for a big enough number of impurities in the tube manifests a systematic evolution from the localized to the metallic regimes. Nevertheless, a conspicuous drop in conductance is predicted whenever a new transverse channel is open. Comparison with the semiclassical calculation leading to purely ohmic behavior is made.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-103
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Physical Journal B
Volume	71
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00280-6
Publication status	Published - 2009 Sept

Keywords

73.20.At Surface states, band structure, electron density of states
73.21.-b Electron states and collective excitations in multilayers, quantum wells, mesoscopic, and nanoscale systems

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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