Magnetically operated nanorelay based on two single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with endofullerenes Fe@C<sub>20</sub>

Nikolai A. Poklonski; Eugene F. Kislyakov; Sergey A. Vyrko; Nguyen Ngoc Hieu; Oleg N. Bubel; Andrei I. Siahlo; Irina V. Lebedeva; Andrey A. Knizhnik; Andrey M. Popov; Yurii E. Lozovik

doi:10.1117/1.3417104

1 April 2010 Magnetically operated nanorelay based on two single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with endofullerenes Fe@C₂₀

Nikolai A. Poklonski, Eugene F. Kislyakov, Sergey A. Vyrko, Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, Oleg N. Bubel, Andrei I. Siahlo, Irina V. Lebedeva, Andrey A. Knizhnik, Andrey M. Popov, Yurii E. Lozovik

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 041675 (April 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3417104

Abstract

Structural and energy characteristics of the smallest magnetic endofullerene Fe@C₂₀ have been calculated using the density functional theory approach. The ground state of Fe@C₂₀ is found to be a septet state, and the magnetic moment of Fe@C₂₀ is estimated to be 8 Bohr magnetons. Characteristics of an (8,8) carbon nanotube with a single Fe@C₂₀ inside are studied in the framework of the semiempirical approach. The scheme of a magnetic nanorelay based on cantilevered nanotubes filled with magnetic endofullerenes is elaborated. The proposed nanorelay is turned on as a result of bending of nanotubes by a magnetic force. Operational characteristics of such a nanorelay based on (8,8) and (21,21) nanotubes fully filled with Fe@C₂₀ are estimated and compared to the ones of a nanorelay made of a (21,21) nanotube fully filled with experimentally observed (Ho3N)@C₈₀ with the magnetic moment of 21 Bohr magnetons. Room temperature operation of (21,21) nanotube based nanorelays is shown.

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Nikolai A. Poklonski, Eugene F. Kislyakov, Sergey A. Vyrko, Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, Oleg N. Bubel, Andrei I. Siahlo, Irina V. Lebedeva, Andrey A. Knizhnik, Andrey M. Popov, and Yurii E. Lozovik "Magnetically operated nanorelay based on two single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with endofullerenes Fe@C₂₀," Journal of Nanophotonics 4(1), 041675 (1 April 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3417104

Published: 1 April 2010

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