| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S22806/01 |
| Title: |
Self-Assembling molecular electronic devices: mechanisms and control |
| Principal Investigator: |
Yaliraki, Professor S |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
01 October 2003 |
Ends: |
30 September 2006 |
Value (£): |
127,289
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Chemical Structure |
Condensed Matter Physics |
| Materials Characterisation |
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This project will elucidate the role of molecular architecture on the conductance of single-molecule based junctions, the fundamental device unit in the emerging field of molecular electronics. Novel theory will be developed, combining the quantum transport description of the composite system (electrode-metal-molecule) with the structural and statistical properties of the molecules in the junction on an equal footing. Simultaneously, methodology and rules for the optimal placing of molecules in the junction through self-assembly will be explored by thermodynamic and explicit dynamical methods. The theory will be first applied in a series of recent experiments that cannot be explained unequivocally at present. Through the combination of the results from the two aspects of the theory, it would be possible to devise and obtain an optimal molecular junction, the timely and most pressing goal for the success of the field.
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http://www.imperial.ac.uk |