Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Technische Universität Dresden
  • Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
  • Universität Regensburg

Abstract

We study electron transport across a carbon molecular junction consisting of a C-60 molecule sandwiched between two semi-infinite metallic carbon nanotubes. It is shown that the Landauer conductance of this carbon hybrid system can be tuned within orders of magnitude not only by varying the tube-C-60 distance, but more importantly at fixed distances by (i) changing the orientation of the Buckminsterfullerene or (ii) rotating one of the tubes around its cylinder axis. Furthermore, it is explicitly shown that structural relaxation determines qualitatively the transmission spectrum of such devices.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer113410
Seitenumfang4
FachzeitschriftPhysical review. B
Jahrgang65
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 15 März 2002
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 84860357221
ORCID /0000-0001-8121-8041/work/142240831

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL-RESISTANCE, SINGLE, TRANSPARENCY, CONDUCTANCE, TRANSISTOR