The Influence of Electro-Mechanical Effects on Resonant Electron Tunneling Through Small Carbon Nano-Peapods

TL;DR

This paper theoretically investigates how a fullerene inside a carbon nanotube affects electron tunneling, revealing fluctuations and temperature effects influenced by nanotube chirality.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical model analyzing the impact of fullerene trapping and nanotube chirality on resonant electron transport.

Findings

Predicted strong conductance fluctuations.

Identified anomalous temperature dependence.

Showed influence of nanotube chirality on transport.

Abstract

The influence of a fullerene molecule trapped inside a single-wall carbon nanotube on resonant electron transport at low temperatures and strong polaronic coupling is theoretically discussed. Strong peak to peak fluctuations and anomalous temperature behavior of conductance amplitudes are predicted and investigated. The influence of the chiral properties of carbon nanotubes on transport is also studied.