The electronic coupling between two stacked atomic layers is usually weak if their periodicities are incommensurate. Optical absorption experiments have now revealed unexpectedly strong interlayer coupling in incommensurate double-walled carbon nanotubes.
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dos Santos, J. Perfect mismatch. Nature Phys 10, 709–711 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3108
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