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Chit Siong Lau1, Hatef Sadeghi2, Gregory Rogers1, Sara Sangtarash2, Panagiotis Dallas1, Kyriakos Porfyrakis1, Jamie Warner1, Colin J Lambert2, G Andrew D Briggs1, Jan A Mol1.
Abstract
We report transport measurements on a graphene-fullerene single-molecule transistor. The device architecture where a functionalized C60 binds to graphene nanoelectrodes results in strong electron-vibron coupling and weak vibron relaxation. Using a combined approach of transport spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and DFT calculations, we demonstrate center-of-mass oscillations, redox-dependent Franck-Condon blockade, and a transport regime characterized by avalanche tunnelling in a single-molecule transistor.Entities:
Keywords: Franck−Condon blockade; Single-molecule electronics; avalanche transport; electron-vibron coupling; graphene
Year: 2015 PMID: 26633125 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03434
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189