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Double toroids as model systems for carbon nanotube junctions: through-bond currents

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We show that the through-bond currents in a closed molecular network originate from their topologically invariant edge-homologies. When applied to double toroidal structures they give rise to topologically induced currents whose 3D manifestations are highly sensitive to the way both loops are merged together i.e. on the nature of their junction.

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  1. Departement Chemie, INPAC: Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    E. Lijnen & A. Ceulemans

  2. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 400084, Cluj, Romania

    M. V. Diudea & Cs. L. Nagy

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Lijnen, E., Ceulemans, A., Diudea, M.V. et al. Double toroids as model systems for carbon nanotube junctions: through-bond currents. J Math Chem 45, 417–430 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-008-9415-2

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