Nanoelectromechanical switch operating by tunneling of an entire C-60 molecule
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2008

We present a solid state single molecule electronic device where switching between two states with different conductance happens predominantly by tunneling of an entire C-60 molecule. This conclusion is based on a novel statistical analysis of similar to 10(5) switching events. The analysis yields (i) the relative contribution of tunneling, current induced heating and thermal fluctuations to the switching mechanism, (ii) the voltage dependent energy barrier (similar to 100-200 meV) separating the two states of the switch and (iii) the switching attempt frequency, omega(0) corresponding to a 2.8 meV mode, which is most likely rotational.

MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS

SINGLE-MOLECULE

NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE

Författare

Andrey Danilov

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Kvantkomponentfysik

P. Hedegard

Dmitry Golubev

T. Bjornholm

Sergey Kubatkin

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Kvantkomponentfysik

Nano Letters

1530-6984 (ISSN) 1530-6992 (eISSN)

Vol. 8 8 2393-2398

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