Fullerene based devices for molecular electronics

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1471

Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ; Gutiérrez, Rafael ; Fagas, Giorgos ; Grossmann, Frank ; Richter, Klaus ; Schmidt, Rüdiger

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Abstract

We have investigated the electronic properties of a C60 molecule in between carbon nanotube leads. This problem has been tackled within a quantum chemical treatment utilizing a density functional theory-based LCAO approach combined with the Landauer formalism. Owing to low-dimensionality, electron transport is very sensitive to the strength and geometry of interfacial bonds. Molecular ...