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Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch
Gutiérrez, Rafael
, Fagas, Giorgos
, Cuniberti, Gianaurelio
, Grossmann, Frank, Schmidt, Rüdiger and Richter, Klaus
(2002)
Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch.
Physical Review B (PRB) 65 (11), p. 113410.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:29
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.1472
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 ...
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.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review B (PRB) | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||||||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||||||||
| Volume: | 65 | ||||||||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 11 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | p. 113410 | ||||||||||
| Date | 28 February 2002 | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter | ||||||||||
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| Keywords | NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL-RESISTANCE; SINGLE-C-60 TRANSISTOR; C-60 MOLECULES; TRANSPARENCY; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; WALL; | ||||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-14724 | ||||||||||
| Item ID | 1472 |
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