接触几何学对称性依赖于单分子晶体管中的场效应门
Trilisa M Perrine1, Barry D Dunietz
1Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 13, 2010
概括
分子几何学决定了基于分子的场效应晶体管 (FET) 的功能. 设备的性能取决于门场的对称性破坏效应,这对于控制分子电子中的电荷传输至关重要.
科学领域:
- 分子电子学分子电子学
- 计算化学是一种计算化学.
- 固态物理 固态物理
背景情况:
- 基于分子的场效应晶体管 (FET) 为微型电子设备提供了潜力.
- 了解分子结构和电子传输之间的关系对于设备优化至关重要.
- 对称性在分子结合中的作用是一个活跃的研究领域.
研究的目的:
- 通过计算分析影响基于分子的FETs功能的几何因素.
- 为了研究分子系统的对称性如何影响晶体管门的行为.
- 为了确定隔离场方向对设备性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 通过电键连接到金电极的结合平面的分子模型的计算研究.
- 运输门的分析作为应用电场和分子/设备对称性的函数.
- 对量接触的分子结点的对称性特性 (反转中心,镜面) 的确定.
主要成果:
- 晶体管的响应被分子系统中反转中心的存在取消了.
- 含有运输向量的镜面平面取消了对垂直场的门响应.
- 设备的功能对与分子和结合对称性相对应的封闭场的方向敏感.
结论:
- 在基于分子的FET中,几何和对称性质对封闭机制至关重要.
- 门场诱导的对称性破坏是实现晶体管功能的关键.
- 精确控制分子方向和装置对称性是有效分子电子学所必需的.
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