Towards electrical domain-wall control in polyacetylene-based electronic nanodevices
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| author | Arancibia, Leandro M. Bertoni, Andrés I. Sánchez, Cristián G. Lobos, Alejandro M. |
| author_facet | Arancibia, Leandro M. Bertoni, Andrés I. Sánchez, Cristián G. Lobos, Alejandro M. |
| contents | We theoretically propose a polymer-based nano-device consisting of a single trans-polyacetylene (tPA) molecule capacitively coupled to external voltage gates. We model the integrated device using a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like Hamiltonian, and we demonstrate the emergence of localized domain walls (DWs) with quantized charges (i.e., soliton excitations) localized at the gates. Interestingly, by increasing the applied voltage, multiple discrete charges can be accumulated, which may be useful for potential technological applications. Exploiting the topological character of the solitonic excitations of tPA, this device can be considered as an organic-based quantum dot with a very large and robust quantized charge. |
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| spellingShingle | Towards electrical domain-wall control in polyacetylene-based electronic nanodevices Arancibia, Leandro M. Bertoni, Andrés I. Sánchez, Cristián G. Lobos, Alejandro M. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics We theoretically propose a polymer-based nano-device consisting of a single trans-polyacetylene (tPA) molecule capacitively coupled to external voltage gates. We model the integrated device using a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like Hamiltonian, and we demonstrate the emergence of localized domain walls (DWs) with quantized charges (i.e., soliton excitations) localized at the gates. Interestingly, by increasing the applied voltage, multiple discrete charges can be accumulated, which may be useful for potential technological applications. Exploiting the topological character of the solitonic excitations of tPA, this device can be considered as an organic-based quantum dot with a very large and robust quantized charge. |
| title | Towards electrical domain-wall control in polyacetylene-based electronic nanodevices |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15257 |