Nonlinear dynamics and the nano-mechanical control of electrons in crystalline solids Nano-mechanical control of electrons

• Published in: The European physical journal. ST, Special topics Vol. 225; no. 6-7; pp. 921 - 941
• Main Author: Velarde, M.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-09-2016
• Subjects: Atomic; Classical and Continuum Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Materials Science; Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Review
• ISSN: 1951-6355; 1951-6401
• DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2016-02647-2

Under the umbrella of nano-mechanical control of electrons in crystalline solids, provided here are i) a discussion of aspects of the influence of static piezoelectricity on semiconductors, ii) a description of electron surfing on traveling piezopotentials/surface acoustic waves, iii) comments on the role of solitons in (dopable) polymer conductors/synthetic metals, and iv) the major component of these notes, a discussion of basic aspects of lattice solitons and discrete breathers permitting to understand genuine electron surfing on nanosolitons. This surfing offers a form of long range, fast and robust transport process in crystalline solids. The particular case of the undopable highly crystalline polydiacetylene polymer serves to illustrate the invention of a novel solectron field effect transistor (SFET).