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Verification of cosine squared relation of electronic conductance in a biphenyl molecule

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-04-25 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

The experimentally obtained (Venkataraman {\em et al}. \cite{latha}) cosine squared relation of electronic conductance in a biphenyl molecule is verified theoretically within a tight-binding framework. Using Green's function formalism we numerically calculate two-terminal conductance as a function of relative twist angle among the molecular rings and find that the results are in good agreement with the experimental observation.

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@article{arxiv.1306.3752,
  title  = {Verification of cosine squared relation of electronic conductance in a biphenyl molecule},
  author = {Santanu K. Maiti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.3752},
  year   = {2014}
}

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3 pages, 3 figures