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In all theoretical treatments of electron transport through single molecules between two metal electrodes, a clear distinction has to be made between a coherent transport regime with a strong coupling throughout the junction and a Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Robert Stadler , Jerome Cornil , Victor Geskin

We study the nonlinear elastic quantum electronic transport properties of nanoscopic devices using the Nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. The Green's function method allows us to expand the $I-V$ characteristics of a given…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-14 Alexis R. Hernández , Caio H. Lewenkopf

We present an atomistic quantum transport simulation framework based on the Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) formalism to model impact ionization in semiconductor avalanche devices, with direct relevance to near-term quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Colin Burdine , Nischal Binod Gautam , Enrique P. Blair

In weakly interacting organic semiconductors, static and dynamic disorder often have an important impact on transport properties. Describing charge transport in these systems requires an approach that correctly takes structural and…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-15 Susanne Leitherer , Christof M. Jäger , Andreas Krause , Marcus Halik , Tim Clark , Michael Thoss

Electron transport characteristics are investigated through some molecular chains attached to two non-superconducting electrodes by the use of Green's function method. Here we do parametric calculations based on the tight-binding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-31 Santanu K. Maiti

We study the model of a molecular switch comprised of a molecule with a soft vibrational degree of freedom coupled to metallic leads. In the presence of strong electron-ion interaction, different charge states of the molecule correspond to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Fabio Pistolesi , Yaroslav M. Blanter , Ivar Martin

In the field of molecular electronics, particularly in quantum transport studies, the orientation of molecules plays a crucial role. This orientation, with respect to the electrodes, can be defined through the cavity of ring-shaped…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-17 A. Martinez-Garcia , T. de Ara , L. Pastor-Amat , C. Untiedt , E. B. Lombardi , W. Dednam , C. Sabater

Currently, molecular tunnel junctions are recognized as important active elements of various nanodevices. This gives a strong motivation to study physical mechanisms controlling electron transport through molecules. Electron motion through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-24 Natalya A. Zimbovskaya

The effects of different contact geometries, bond dimerization, and gate voltage on quantum transport through a C$_{60}$ molecule are studied by the Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker formula based on the Green's function technique. It is shown that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-12 Alireza Saffarzadeh

We aim to provide engineers with an introduction to the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach, which provides a powerful conceptual tool and a practical analysis method to treat small electronic devices quantum mechanically and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. P. Anantram , M. S. Lundstrom , D. E. Nikonov

Computational methods are fast becoming an integral part of nanoelectronics design process. With increasing computational power, electron transport simulation methods such as Non-equilibrium Greens function (NEGF) methods now hold promise…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-28 A. Ramazani , F. Shayeganfar , V. Sundararaghavan , Nicholas Xuanlai Fang

This thesis investigates the mechanically controlled break junctions, with a particular emphasis on elucidating the behaviour of molecular currents at room temperature. The core of this experimental investigation involves a detailed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Giovanna Angelis Schmidt

Transport properties of molecular junctions are notoriously expensive to calculate with ab initio methods, primarily due to the semi-infinite electrodes. This has led to the introduction of different approximation schemes for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-18 C. J. O. Verzijl , J. S. Seldenthuis , J. M. Thijssen

Quantum transport through single molecules is very sensitive to the strength of the molecule-electrode contact. Here, we investigate the behavior of a model molecular junction weakly coupled to external electrodes in the case where charging…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Bo Song , Dmitry A. Ryndyk , Gianaurelio Cuniberti

Tunneling of electrons through rotor-stator anthracene aldehyde molecular interfaces is studied with a combined ab initio and model approach. Molecular electronic structure calculated from first principles is utilized to model different…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-05-27 Irina Petreska , Vladimir Ohanesjan , Ljupco Pejov , Ljupco Kocarev

We report density-functional theory (DFT), atomistic simulations of the non-equilibrium transport properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistors (FETs). Results have been obtained within a self-consistent approach based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Latessa , A. Pecchia , A. Di Carlo

In this work, we use a combination of first-principles calculations under the density functional theory framework and heat transport simulations using the atomistic Green's function (AGF) method to quantitatively predict the contribution of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-01 Sridhar Sadasivam , Ning Ye , James Charles , Kai Miao , Joseph P. Feser , Tillmann Kubis , Timothy S. Fisher

Quantum transport for different models of isomer molecules attached to two semi-infinite leads is studied on the basis of Green's function technique. Electronic transport properties are significantly affected by (a) the relative position of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-15 Santanu K. Maiti

Experimental measurements of electron transport properties of molecular junctions are often performed in solvents. Solvent-molecule coupling and physical properties of the solvent can be used as the external stimulus to control electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-29 Maxim F. Gelin , Daniel S. Kosov

A spin metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (spin MOSFET), which combines a Schottky-barrier MOSFET with ferromagnetic source and drain contacts, is a promising device for spintronic logic. Previous simulation studies predict…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-12-06 Tony Low , Mark S. Lundstrom , Dmitri E. Nikonov