The influence of electro-mechanical effects on resonant electron tunneling through small carbon nano-peapods

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. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.