Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter
Hierarchical single molecule switch based on stimulated internal cluster motion within a hollow molecular cage
Systems and methods related to single molecule switching devices are disclosed. One example method can include the step of applying a tunneling current across a tunneling junction. The tunneling junction can include an endohedral fullerene that includes a fullerene cage and a trapped cluster or a trapped atom. Such a method can also include exciting one or more internal motions of the trapped cluster or the trapped atom based at least in part on the tunneling current, and changing the conductance of the endohedral fullerene based at least in part on the one or more excited internal motions. One or more electronic processes can be controlled based at least in part on the changed conductance of the endohedral fullerene.
University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
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Hrvoje Jin Lothar Shangfeng Tian
Petek Zhao Dunsch Yang Huang