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Algebraic Theory of Crystal Vibrations: Localization Properties of Wave Functions in Two-Dimensional Lattices

Dietz, Barbara ; Iachello, Francesco ; Macek, Michal (2017)
Algebraic Theory of Crystal Vibrations: Localization Properties of Wave Functions in Two-Dimensional Lattices.
In: Crystals, 2017, 7 (8)
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Algebraic Theory of Crystal Vibrations: Localization Properties of Wave Functions in Two-Dimensional Lattices
Language: English
Date: 2017
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2017
Publisher: MDPI
Journal or Publication Title: Crystals
Volume of the journal: 7
Issue Number: 8
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Origin: Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access
Abstract:

The localization properties of the wave functions of vibrations in two-dimensional (2D) crystals are studied numerically for square and hexagonal lattices within the framework of an algebraic model. The wave functions of 2D lattices have remarkable localization properties, especially at the van Hove singularities (vHs). Finite-size sheets with a hexagonal lattice (graphene-like materials), in addition, exhibit at zero energy a localization of the wave functions at zigzag edges, so-called edge states. The striped structure of the wave functions at a vHs is particularly noteworthy. We have investigated its stability and that of the edge states with respect to perturbations in the lattice structure, and the effect of the boundary shape on the localization properties. We find that the stripes disappear instantaneously at the vHs in a square lattice when turning on the perturbation, whereas they broaden but persist at the vHss in a hexagonal lattice. For one of them, they eventually merge into edge states with increasing coupling, which, in contrast to the zero-energy edge states, are localized at armchair edges. The results are corroborated based on participation ratios, obtained under various conditions.

URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-69326
Classification DDC: 500 Science and mathematics > 530 Physics
Divisions: 05 Department of Physics > Institute of Nuclear Physics
Date Deposited: 18 Dec 2017 13:38
Last Modified: 13 Dec 2022 10:19
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/6932
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