Vibration-assisted electron tunneling in C140 transistors.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We measure electron tunneling in transistors made from C(140), a molecule with a mass-spring-mass geometry chosen as a model system to study electron-vibration coupling. We observe vibration-assisted tunneling at an energy corresponding to the stretching mode of C(140). Molecular modeling provides explanations for why this mode couples more strongly to electron tunneling than to the other internal modes of the molecule. We make comparisons between the observed tunneling rates and those expected from the Franck-Condon model.
Medical subject headings
- Carbon
- Electrochemistry
- Electrons
- Models, Chemical
- Nanostructures
- Transistors, Electronic