An `all-carbon' molecular device

Abstract

We have performed parameter-free calculations of electron transport across a carbon molecular junction consisting of a C${}_{60}$ molecule sandwiched between two semi-infinite metallic carbon nanotubes. It is shown that the Landauer conductance of this carbon hybrid system can be tuned within orders of magnitude not only by varying the tube-C${}_{60}$ distance, but more importantly at fixed distances by i) changing the orientation of the Buckminsterfullerene or ii) rotating one of the tubes around its cylinder axis. Furthermore, it is explicitely shown that structural relaxation determines qualitatively the transmission spectrum of such devices.

4 pages, 4 figures

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