Compensation of Coulomb blocking and energy transfer in the current voltage characteristic of molecular conduction junctions

Guangqi Li*, Manmohan S. Shishodia, Boris D. Fainberg, Boris Apter, Michal Oren, Abraham Nitzan, Mark A. Ratner

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Abstract

We have studied the influence of both exciton effects and Coulomb repulsion on current in molecular nanojunctions. We show that dipolar energy-transfer interactions between the sites in the wire can at high voltage compensate Coulomb blocking for particular relationships between their values. Tuning this relationship may be achieved by using the effect of plasmonic nanostructure on dipolar energy-transfer interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2228-2232
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume12
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 May 2012

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Commission
Seventh Framework Programme226628

    Keywords

    • Coulomb blocking
    • Molecular conduction nanojunctions
    • energy transfer
    • exciton effects
    • plasmonic effects

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