Atomically defined angstrom-scale all-carbon junctions

Zhibing Tan, Dan Zhang, Han-Rui Tian, Qingqing Wu, Songjun Hou, Jiuchan Pi, Hatef Sadeghi, Zheng Tang, Yang Yang, Junyang Liu, Yuan-Zhi Tan, Zhao-Bin Chen, Jia Shi, Zongyuan Xiao (), Colin Lambert (), Su-Yuan Xie () and Wenjing Hong ()
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Zhibing Tan: Xiamen University
Dan Zhang: Xiamen University
Han-Rui Tian: Xiamen University
Qingqing Wu: Lancaster University
Songjun Hou: Lancaster University
Jiuchan Pi: Xiamen University
Hatef Sadeghi: Lancaster University
Zheng Tang: Xiamen University
Yang Yang: Xiamen University
Junyang Liu: Xiamen University
Yuan-Zhi Tan: Xiamen University
Zhao-Bin Chen: Xiamen University
Jia Shi: Xiamen University
Zongyuan Xiao: Xiamen University
Colin Lambert: Lancaster University
Su-Yuan Xie: Xiamen University
Wenjing Hong: Xiamen University

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Full-carbon electronics at the scale of several angstroms is an expeimental challenge, which could be overcome by exploiting the versatility of carbon allotropes. Here, we investigate charge transport through graphene/single-fullerene/graphene hybrid junctions using a single-molecule manipulation technique. Such sub-nanoscale electronic junctions can be tuned by band gap engineering as exemplified by various pristine fullerenes such as C60, C70, C76 and C90. In addition, we demonstrate further control of charge transport by breaking the conjugation of their π systems which lowers their conductance, and via heteroatom doping of fullerene, which introduces transport resonances and increase their conductance. Supported by our combined density functional theory (DFT) calculations, a promising future of tunable full-carbon electronics based on numerous sub-nanoscale fullerenes in the large family of carbon allotropes is anticipated.

Date: 2019
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