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Lobachevsky crystallography made real through carbon pseudospheres.
Taioli, Simone; Gabbrielli, Ruggero; Simonucci, Stefano; Pugno, Nicola Maria; Iorio, Alfredo.
Afiliação
  • Taioli S; Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*), Bruno Kessler Foundation & Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA-INFN), Trento, Italy.
J Phys Condens Matter ; 28(13): 13LT01, 2016 Apr 06.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26941210
We realize Lobachevsky geometry in a simulation lab, by producing a carbon-based energetically stable molecular structure, arranged in the shape of a Beltrami pseudosphere. We find that this structure: (i) corresponds to a non-Euclidean crystallographic group, namely a loxodromic subgroup of SL(2, Z); (ii) has an unavoidable singular boundary, that we fully take into account. Our approach, substantiated by extensive numerical simulations of Beltrami pseudospheres of different size, might be applied to other surfaces of constant negative Gaussian curvature, and points to a general procedure to generate them. Our results also pave the way to test certain scenarios of the physics of curved spacetimes owing to graphene's unique properties.

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Condens Matter Assunto da revista: BIOFISICA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Phys Condens Matter Assunto da revista: BIOFISICA Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália País de publicação: Reino Unido