Giving electrons a ride: nanomechanical electron shuttles

Details Giving electrons a ride: nanomechanical electron shuttles Giving electrons a ride: nanomechanical electron shuttles

2008-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2430v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

11 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

Nanomechanical shuttles transferring small groups of electrons or even individual electrons from one electrode to another offer a novel approach to the problem of controlled charge transport. Here, we report the fabrication of shuttle-junctions consisting of a 20 nm diameter gold nanoparticle embedded within the gap between two gold electrodes. The nanoparticle is attached to the electrodes through a monolayer of flexible organic molecules which play the role of springs so that when a sufficient voltage bias is applied, then nanoparticle starts to oscillate transferring electrons from one electrode to the other. Current-voltage characteristics for the fabricated devices have been measured and compared with the results of our computer simulations.

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