Compensation of Coulomb blocking and energy transfer in the current voltage characteristic of molecular conduction junctions.

Li, Guangqi; Shishodia, Manmohan S; Fainberg, Boris D; Apter, Boris; Oren, Michal; Nitzan, Abraham; Ratner, Mark A · Nano Lett · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We have studied the influence of both exciton effects and Coulomb repulsion on current in molecular nanojunctions. We show that dipolar energy-transfer interactions between the sites in the wire can at high voltage compensate Coulomb blocking for particular relationships between their values. Tuning this relationship may be achieved by using the effect of plasmonic nanostructure on dipolar energy-transfer interactions.