MULTIPLY-TWISTED HELICES OF VARIOUS INTER-ROUND COUPLINGS

Abstract

Multiply-twisted helices in which a helical chain of components, i.e. atoms or nanoclusters, is twisted, producing a doubly-twisted helix, which if itself is twisted produces a triply-twisted helix, and so on, are characterized by inter-round couplings, through which electrons in the structure transit between adjacent rounds. The multiply-twisted helix of inter-round couplings via a chain of sites and that of inter-round couplings through a single site are compared with that of the direct inter-round couplings previously reported by R. Ugajin [J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol.1, 227 (2001)]. Monte Carlo simulations of classical spins suggest that the multiply-twisted helix of inter-round couplings through a single site, in which the Curie temperature of ferromagnetic transition is robust against the change of a basal helix, might be critical among these three types.