Modifications of electron states, magnetization and persistent current in a quantum dot by controlled curvature.

In this work, we use the thin-layer quantization procedure to study the physical implications due to curvature effects on a quantum dot in the presence of an external magnetic field. Among the various physical implications due to the curvature of the system, we can mention the absence of the $m=0$ state is the most relevant one. The absence of it affects the Fermi energy and consequently the thermodynamic properties of the system. In the absence of magnetic fields, we verify that the rotational symmetry in the lateral confinement is preserved in the electronic states of the system and its degeneracy with respect to the harmonicity of the confining potential is broken. In the presence of a magnetic field, however, the energies of the electronic states in a quantum dot with a curvature are greater than those obtained for a quantum dot in a flat space, and the profile of degeneracy changes when the field is varied. We show that the curvature of the surface modifies the number of subbands occupied in the Fermi energy. In the study of both magnetization and persistent currents, we observe that Aharonov-Bohm-type (AB-type) oscillations are present, whereas de Haas-van Alphen-type (dHvA) oscillations are not well defined.