Nanoelectromechanical coupling in fullerene peapods probed by resonant electrical transport experiments
| Autor: | Mats Jonson, Raffaello Ferone, Ilya V. Krive, P. Utko, Marc Monthioux, Laure Noé, Robert I. Shekhter, Jesper Nygård |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), University of Gothenburg (GU), Lancaster University, B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (ILTPE), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), SUPA - Department of Physics, Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales (CEMES), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT-FR 2599), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Fullerene
Materials science single walled nanotube General Physics and Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology Carbon nanotube 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Electronic states law.invention Condensed Matter::Materials Science Electrical transport law 0103 physical sciences Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters Molecule electron transport 010306 general physics temperature dependence nanopeapod [PHYS]Physics [physics] Multidisciplinary Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics fullerene derivative article quantum dot General Chemistry oscillation 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect Electron transport chain 3. Good health Coupling (physics) Chemical physics nanoelectromechanical system vibration 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications Nature Communications, 2010, 1 (4), ⟨10.1038/ncomms1034⟩ Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group, 2010, 1 (4), ⟨10.1038/ncomms1034⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ncomms1034⟩ |
| Popis: | Fullerene peapods, that is carbon nanotubes encapsulating fullerene molecules, can offer enhanced functionality with respect to empty nanotubes. However, the present incomplete understanding of how a nanotube is affected by entrapped fullerenes is an obstacle for peapods to reach their full potential in nanoscale electronic applications. Here, we investigate the effect of C60 fullerenes on electron transport via peapod quantum dots. Compared to empty nanotubes, we find an abnormal temperature dependence of Coulomb blockade oscillations, indicating the presence of a nanoelectromechanical coupling between electronic states of the nanotube and mechanical vibrations of the fullerenes. This provides a method to detect the C60 presence and to probe the interplay between electrical and mechanical excitations in peapods, which thus emerge as a new class of nanoelectromechanical systems. Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures. Published in Nature Communications. Free online access to the published version until Sept 30th, 2010, see http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v1/n4/abs/ncomms1034.html |
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