Abstract
We have found that the topological arrangement of atoms can guarantee the existence of stable electronic eigenvalues. These levels are stable in the presence of vibrational and off-diagonal disorder. Graph theory is used to describe the topological structure of the Hamiltonian. The actual applications are presented in tight-binding approximation. It was found that graph theory can be used even if the atoms have more than one atomic orbital.
- Received 21 June 1991
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.7730
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