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Javier E Hasbun1, Lok C Lew Yan Voon1, Morten Willatzen2,3,4
1Physics, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St., Carrollton, GA 30118, United States of America.
Abstract:
An exact analytical model of charge dynamics for a chain of atoms with asymmetric hopping terms is presented. Analytic and numeric results are shown to give rise to similar dynamics in both the absence and presence of electron interactions. The chain model is further extended to the case of two atoms per cell (a perfect alloy system). This extension is further applied to contact electrification between two different atomic chains and the effect of increasing the magnitude of the contact transfer matrix element is studied.
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