| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S96883/01 |
| Title: |
Theoretical Modelling of Nanotube Quantum Dots |
| Principal Investigator: |
Maksym, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Leicester |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 2004 |
Ends: |
30 November 2007 |
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156,173
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| Materials Characterisation |
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Nanotube quantum dots lie at the heart of a new generation of molecular electronic devices. A quantum dot engineered Into a carbon nanotube device confines carriers on a length scale of about 10nm or less and this Is so small that the nature of the quantum states in the dot is critical to the operation of the device. Devices containing nanotube dots are of great interest because of their small size, about an order of magnitude smaller than the smallest conventional semiconductor devices. Room temperature single electron transistors based on nanotube dots have already been made and it has been proposed that a nanoscale field effect transistor with novel electrically tunable characteristics could be made from a nanotube dot. However the quantum states of nanotube dots are not well understood and the effect of interactions between carriers in these dots has never been studied. The aim of this research programme Is to develop a theoretical model of quantum states and interactions in nanotube dots and apply It to predict device performance and explore spin-dependent phenomena that could be exploited to make new and exotic devices.
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