Carbon Nanotubes: Molecular Electronic Devices and Interconnects

1998 ◽  
Vol 514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Srivastava ◽  
Madhu Menon
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Molecular Wires ◽  
Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Molecular Electronic ◽  
Structural And Electronic Properties ◽  
Barrier Type ◽  
P Type

ABSTRACTThe carbon nanotubes and carbon nanobtube junctions have recently emerged as excellent candidates for use as the building blocks in the formation of nanoscale electronic devices. Single wall carbon nanotubes, as molecular wires, could be used as nanoscale interconnects, where as complex junctions of nanotubes of different chirality can be used as rectifying and transiting devices. It has been shown that pentagon-heptagon defect is responsible for the creation of simple hetero-junctions. Complex junctions, such as 3-termianl T-junctions and Y-junctions require entirely different arrangement of defects. These 3-terminal junctions form prototypes of nanoscale tunnel devices made entirely of carbon. Furthermore, either n-type or p-type doping of the semiconducting portion of these complex junctions should yield Schottky barrier type devices. We also investigate simple wires and junctions of boron and nitrogen (III-V elements) and compare with those of carbon. The structural and electronic properties on nanotubes and nanotube junctions (carbon as well as BN) are studied using a generalized tight-binding molecular dynamics (GTBMD) scheme.

Carbon Nanotube Based Molecular Electronic Devices

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2357-2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhu Menon ◽  
Deepak Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Local Minima ◽  
Molecular Electronic ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Complex three-point junctions of single-walled carbon nanotubes are proposed as building blocks of nanoscale electronic devices. Both T- and Y-junctions, made up of tubes with differing diameters and chiralities, are studied as prototypes. All the proposed complex junctions have been found to be local minima of the total energy on relaxation with a generalized tight-binding molecular dynamics scheme.

scholarly journals Structural and electronic properties of oligo- and polythiophenes modified by substituents

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 909-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon P Rittmeyer ◽  
Axel Groß
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Density Functional Theory Calculations ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Band Gaps ◽  
Molecular Electronic ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Structural And Electronic Properties ◽  
Electronic And Structural Properties

The electronic and structural properties of oligo- and polythiophenes that can be used as building blocks for molecular electronic devices have been studied by using periodic density functional theory calculations. We have in particular focused on the effect of substituents on the electronic structure of thiophenes. Whereas singly bonded substituents, such as methyl, amino or nitro groups, change the electronic properties of thiophene monomers and dimers, they hardly influence the band gap of polythiophene. In contrast, phenyl-substituted polythiophenes as well as vinyl-bridged polythiophene derivatives exhibit drastically modified band gaps. These effects cannot be explained by simple electron removal or addition, as calculations for charged polythiophenes demonstrate.

STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
ŞAKIR ERKOÇ
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
Molecular Mechanics ◽  
Density Of States ◽  
Linear Dependence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tube Length ◽  
Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Tube Size ◽  
Structural And Electronic Properties

The structural and electronic properties of optimized open-ended single-wall carbon nanotubes with zigzag geometry have been investigated. The calculations were performed using molecular mechanics, extended Hückel, and AM1–RHF semiempirical molecular orbital methods. It has been found that the density of states of the zigzag model is sensitive to the tube size and changes as the tube length increases. On the other hand the energetics of the tube shows an almost linear dependence to the tube length, and a converging characteristics with respect to the number of hexagons forming the tube.

Tuning and optimizing the intrinsic interactions between phthalocyanine-based PPV oligomers and single-wall carbon nanotubes toward n-type/p-type

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Bartelmess ◽  
Christian Ehli ◽  
Juan-José Cid ◽  
Miguel García-Iglesias ◽  
Purificación Vázquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Single Wall Carbon ◽  
P Type

Single Molecule-Based Electronic Devices: A Review

NANO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1930007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingrun Chen ◽  
Ke Xu
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Field Effect Transistors ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Differential Resistance ◽  
Molecular Wires ◽  
Molecular Electronic ◽  
Thermoelectric Effects ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Molecular Electronic Devices

In the face of the fact that the development of traditional silicon-based electronic devices is increasingly limited, single molecule electronic device, which has been attracting more and more attention, is considered as one of the most hopeful candidates to realize the miniaturization of conventional electronic devices. In this paper, an overview of single molecule electronic devices is provided, including molecular electronic devices and electrode types. First, several molecular electronic devices are presented, including molecular diodes, molecular memories, molecular wires, molecular field effect transistors (FET) and molecular switches. Then the influence of different electrode types of the transport characteristics is introduced, showing that graphene is a promising electrode material for single molecule electronic devices. Moreover, other excellent characteristics of molecular devices are briefly introduced, such as potential thermoelectric effects, new thermally induced spin transport phenomena and negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior. Finally, the future challenges to the development of electronic devices based on single molecules are described.

scholarly journals Systematic experimental study of quantum interference effects in anthraquinoid molecular wires

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 2018-2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Carlotti ◽  
Saurabh Soni ◽  
Xinkai Qiu ◽  
Eric Sauter ◽  
Michael Zharnikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Structure Function ◽  
Quantum Interference ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Molecular Wires ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Device Fabrication ◽  
Molecular Properties ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Molecular Electronic

In order to translate molecular properties in molecular-electronic devices, it is necessary to create design principles that can be used to achieve better structure–function control oriented toward device fabrication.

Environmental Effects on the Single Molecule Conductance of bis(thiahexyl)oligothiophenes

2009 ◽  
Vol 1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Leary ◽  
Horst Höbenreich ◽  
Simon J. Higgins ◽  
Harm van Zalinge ◽  
Wolfgang Haiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Molecular Wires ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Ambient Water ◽  
Molecular Electronic ◽  
Molecular Conductance ◽  
Non Equilibrium Green’S Function

AbstractSimple alkanedithiols exhibit the same molecular conductance whether measured in air, under vacuum or under liquids of different polarity. Here, we show that the presence of water ‘gates’ the conductance of a family of oligothiophene–containing molecular wires, and that the longer the oligothiophene, the larger is the effect; for the longest example studied, the molecular conductance is over two orders of magnitude larger in the presence of water, an unprecedented result suggesting that ambient water is a crucial factor to be taken into account when measuring single molecule conductances (SMC), or in the design of future molecular electronic devices. Theoretical investigation of electron transport through the molecules, using the ab initio non-equilibrium Green's function (SMEAGOL) method, shows that water molecules interact with the thiophene rings, shifting the transport resonances enough to increase greatly the SMC of the longer, more conjugated examples.

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