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Properties of the "electron gas" - in which conduction electrons interact by means of Coulomb forces but ionic potentials are neglected - change dramatically depending on the balance between kinetic energy and Coulomb repulsion. The limits…
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Charge transport in organic semiconductors is notoriously extremely sensitive to the presence of disorder, both intrinsic and extrinsic, especially for n-type materials. Intrinsic dynamic disorder stems from large thermal fluctuations both…
We generalize our previous theory [Nano Lett. \textbf{18}, 5015-5023 (2018)] to investigate the influence of electron-phonon (e-p) coupling and vibrational relaxation on photoinduced \textit{anomalous Coulomb blockade}, which originates…
We calculate the non-linear tunneling current through a molecule with two electron-accepting orbitals which interact with an intramolecular vibration. We investigate the interplay between Coulomb blockade and non-equilibrium…
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The current voltage (IV) characteristics for perpendicular transport through two sequentially coupled wires of finite length is calculated analytically. The transport within a Coulomb blockade step is assisted by plasmon resonances that…
We study a general problem of the translational/rotational/vibrational/electronic dynamics of a diatomic molecule exposed to an interaction with an arbitrary external electromagnetic field. The theory developed in this paper is relevant to…
We consider a single level quantum dot interacting with a phonon mode and weakly coupled to metallic leads which are subjected to a time dependent gate voltage. Electrical conductance, thermopower, and figure of merit are investigated in…
The study of the charge excitations in cuprates is presently an interesting topic because of the development of new and precise x-ray experiments. Based on a large-$N$ formulation of the two-dimensional $t$-$J$ model, which allows us to…
We theoretically study the single electron transfer through two-terminal quantum ring capacitively coupled to charged dot placed in its center. For this purpose we solve time-dependent Schrodinger equation for fully correlated two-particle…
The time-dependent non-crossing approximation is utilized to determine the effects of the crystal planes of gold contacts on time dependent current through a quantum dot suddenly shifted into the Kondo regime via a gate voltage. For an…