Manifestation of electrode surface states in molecular conduction

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Contributors

  • University of Regensburg
  • TUD Dresden University of Technology

Abstract

We present a conduction mechanism across molecular junctions which derives from conductance resonances that are not associated with particular molecular orbitals. Instead, the resonances are induced by states localized at the surface of the electrodes. To this end, we studied the conductance of a C-60 molecule bridging two carbon nanotubes. A simple tight-binding model is employed to investigate analytically the basic features of the effect.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-111
Number of pages9
JournalMacromolecular Symposia : MS
Volume212
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2004
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title9th International Conference on Electrical and Related Properties of Organic Solids
Duration1 January 2002
CityPrague
CountryCzech Republic

External IDs

Scopus 4644280645
ORCID /0000-0001-8121-8041/work/142240826

Keywords

Keywords

  • charge transport, fullerenes, Landauer theory, modeling, nanotechnology