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Construction and Operation of a Light-driven Gold Nanorod Rotary Motor System
Published on: June 30, 2018
Negative differential electrical resistance of a rotational organic nanomotor
Hatef Sadeghi1, Sara Sangtarash1, Qusiy Al-Galiby1
1Quantum Technology Centre, Department of Physics, Lancaster University, LA1 4YB Lancaster, UK.
Abstract:
A robust, nanoelectromechanical switch is proposed based upon an asymmetric pendant moiety anchored to an organic backbone between two C60 fullerenes, which in turn are connected to gold electrodes. Ab initio density functional calculations are used to demonstrate that an electric field induces rotation of the pendant group, leading to a nonlinear current-voltage relation. The nonlinearity is strong enough to lead to negative differential resistance at modest source-drain voltages.
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