Gutierrez, R. and Fagas, G. and Cuniberti, G. and Grossmann, F. and Schmidt, R. and Richter, Klaus (2002) Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 65 (11): 113410. ISSN 1098-0121, 1550-235X
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL-RESISTANCE; SINGLE-C-60 TRANSISTOR; C-60 MOLECULES; TRANSPARENCY; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; WALL; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Divisions: | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2021 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2021 11:09 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/40470 |
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