Molecular wire-nanotube interfacial effects on electron transport.
We discuss the conductance of a molecular bridge between mesoscopic electrodes supporting low-dimensional transport and bearing an internal structure. As an example for such nanoelectrodes we assume semi-infinite (carbon) nanotubes. In the Landauer scattering matrix approach, we show that the conductance of this hybrid is very sensitive to the geometry of the contact, unlike the usual behavior in the presence of bulk electrodes.
Fagas
Giorgios
G
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. Giorgios.Fagas@physik.uni-regensburg.de
Cuniberti
Gianaurelio
G
Richter
Klaus
K
D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004579:Electron Transport; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*
D002244:Carbon