THURSDAY 14:30
SINGLE MOLECULE ELECTRONICS: DEVELOPMENT AND QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS
Carlos R. Arroyo
Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CENCINAT), Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, P.O. Box 171-5-231B, Sangolquí, Ecuador.
ABSTRACT
In the field of Single Molecule Electronics the challenge is to condense the molecular functionality at the smallest possible scale, where a single molecule is used as an electronic component. It offers the promise of reduced energy consumption, and ultrahigh density and speed through low-cost device fabrication with self-assembly and self-organization processes. This talk will provide an overview of the development of single molecule electronics, in particular the techniques and methods used to wire single molecules between conducting electrodes and some recent advances about the quantum interference phenomena.