Random walks and the electronic structure of graphene

Results from the mathematical literature on random walks reveal a closed-form analytical expression for the π-energy and bond number of graphene in the simplest tight-binding model and its Hartree-Fock Hubbard extension. Closed-form expressions follow for all π spectral moments of graphene. Bond numbers of carbon and boron nitride (BN) zigzag nanotubes are found as finite sums, with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride sheets as asymptotes.

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The Journal of Chemical Physics
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2026-03-09
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https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0319282
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Graphene research and applications
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Random walks and the electronic structure of graphene

Barry T. Pickup, Patrick W. Fowler, Primož Potočnik, Nino Bašić
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Graphene research and applications
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Random walks and the electronic structure of graphene

Barry T. Pickup, Patrick W. Fowler, Primož Potočnik, Nino Bašić
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Abstract

Results from the mathematical literature on random walks reveal a closed-form analytical expression for the π-energy and bond number of graphene in the simplest tight-binding model and its Hartree-Fock Hubbard extension. Closed-form expressions follow for all π spectral moments of graphene. Bond numbers of carbon and boron nitride (BN) zigzag nanotubes are found as finite sums, with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride sheets as asymptotes.

The Journal of Chemical PhysicsVol. 164(10)
University of Primorska (SI), University of Ljubljana (SI), Institute of Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics (SI), University of Sheffield (GB)
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