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Controlling fast electron transfer at the nano-scale by solitonic excitations along crystallographic axes

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We present computational evidence of the possibility of fast, supersonic or subsonic, nearly loss-free transport of electrons bound to lattice solitons along crystallographic axes in two-dimensional anharmonic crystal lattices.

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  1. Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    A. P. Chetverikov, W. Ebeling & M. G. Velarde

  2. Dept. of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012, Saratov, Russia

    A. P. Chetverikov

  3. Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    W. Ebeling

  4. Fundacion Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Villanueva de la Canada, 28691, Madrid, Spain

    M. G. Velarde

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Chetverikov, A.P., Ebeling, W. & Velarde, M.G. Controlling fast electron transfer at the nano-scale by solitonic excitations along crystallographic axes. Eur. Phys. J. B 85, 291 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2012-30276-x

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