Title :
Mechanism of Electrical Rectification in a Unimolecular Donor-Bridge (π)-Acceptor Diode
Author :
He, Haiying ; Mallick, Govind ; Pandey, Ravindra ; Karna, Shashi P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI
Abstract :
We present here the results of theoretical calculations on the electron transport via a donor-bridge (π)-acceptor molecular system. A significant rectification effect is observed. A new transport mechanism involving the electronic structure of the molecular diode will be discussed.
Keywords :
band structure; diodes; rectification; electrical rectification; electron transport; electronic structure; molecular diode; unimolecular donor-bridge acceptor diode; Computer architecture; Diodes; Electrodes; Electrons; Geometry; Gold; Molecular electronics; Nanotechnology; Physics; Scattering; molecular electronics; nanotechnology;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2007. IEEE-NANO 2007. 7th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0607-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0608-1
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2007.4601322
