Nanoelectromechanical coupling in fullerene peapods probed by resonant electrical transport experiments

Pawel Utko (), Raffaello Ferone (), Ilya V Krive, Robert I Shekhter, Mats Jonson, Marc Monthioux, Laure Noé and Jesper Nygård
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Pawel Utko: Nano-Science Center and Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Raffaello Ferone: Lancaster University
Ilya V Krive: University of Gothenburg
Robert I Shekhter: University of Gothenburg
Mats Jonson: University of Gothenburg
Marc Monthioux: CEMES-CNRS, B.P. 94347, Toulouse Cedex 4 F-31055, France.
Laure Noé: CEMES-CNRS, B.P. 94347, Toulouse Cedex 4 F-31055, France.
Jesper Nygård: Nano-Science Center and Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Nature Communications, 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Fullerene peapods, which are carbon nanotubes encapsulating fullerene molecules, can offer enhanced functionality with respect to empty nanotubes. Their prospective applications include, for example, data storage devices, single-electron transistors and spin-qubit arrays for quantum computing. However, the present incomplete understanding of how a nanotube is affected by entrapped fullerenes is an obstacle for peapods to reach their full potential in nanoscale electronic applications. In this paper, we investigate the effect of C60 fullerenes on low-temperature electron transport through peapod quantum dots. Compared with empty nanotubes, we find an abnormal temperature dependence of Coulomb blockade oscillations, indicating the presence of a nanoelectromechanical coupling between electronic states of the nanotube and mechanical vibrations of fullerenes. This provides a method to detect the C60 presence and to probe the interplay between electrical and mechanical excitations in peapods, which thus emerge as a new class of nanoelectromechanical systems.

Date: 2010
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