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In the last twenty years there has been significant progress in our understanding of quantum transport far from equilibrium and a conceptual framework has emerged through a combination of the Landauer approach with the non-equilibrium Green…

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We propose a scheme for calculation of linear optical response of current-carrying molecular junctions for the case when electronic tunneling through the junction is much faster than characteristic time of external laser field. We discuss…

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Non-equilibrium Green's function theory for non-adiabatic effects in quantum transport [Kershaw and Kosov, J.Chem. Phys. 2017, 147, 224109 and J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 149, 044121] is extended to the case of interacting electrons. We consider a…

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Single-molecule junctions - nanoscale systems where a molecule is connected to metallic electrodes - offer a unique platform for studying charge, spin and energy transport in non-equilibrium many-body quantum systems, with few parallels in…

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A collision-based hybrid algorithm for the discrete ordinates approximation of the neutron transport equation is extended to the multigroup setting. The algorithm uses discrete energy and angle grids at two different resolutions and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-05 Ben Whewell , Ryan G. McClarren , Cory D. Hauck , Minwoo Shin

The transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) demands intelligent, congestion-aware infrastructure planning to balance user convenience, economic viability, and traffic efficiency. We present a joint optimisation framework for EV Charging…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Niloofar Aminikalibar , Farzaneh Farhadi , Maria Chli

We use the effective-mass approximation and the density-functional theory with the local-density approximation for modeling two-dimensional nano-structures connected phase-coherently to two infinite leads. Using the non-equilibrium Green's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paula Havu , Ville Havu , Martti Puska , Risto Nieminen

We describe an ab initio method for calculating the electronic structure, electronic transport, and forces acting on the atoms, for atomic scale systems connected to semi-infinite electrodes and with an applied voltage bias. Our method is…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Mads Brandbyge , Jose-Luis Mozos , Pablo Ordejon , Jeremy Taylor , Kurt Stokbro

We give nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) perspective on thermodynamics formulations for open quantum systems strongly coupled to baths. Scattering approach implying thermodynamic consideration of a super-system (system plus baths)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-19 Nicolas Bergmann , Michael Galperin

The multigroup neutron transport equations has been widely used to study the interactions of neutrons with their background materials in nuclear reactors. High-resolution simulations of the multigroup neutron transport equations using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Fande Kong , Yaqi Wang , Derek R. Gaston , Alexander D. Lindsay , Cody J. Permann , Richard C. Martineau

The success of a ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) depends on the asymmetry of electron tunneling as given by the tunneling electroresistance (TER) effect. This characteristic is mainly assessed considering three transport mechanisms:…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 Titus Sandu , Catalin Tibeica , Rodica Plugaru , Oana Nedelcu , Neculai Plugaru

Electric mobility faces several challenges, most notably the high cost of infrastructure development and the underutilization of charging stations. The concept of shared charging offers a promising solution. The paper explores sustainable…

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Using the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism, we propose a microscopic theory for near-field radiative heat transfer between metal plates. Tight-binding models for the electrons are coupled to the electromagnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-12 Jian-Sheng Wang , Jiebin Peng

Molecular docking is a critical computational method in drug discovery used to predict the binding conformation and orientation of a ligand within a protein's binding site. Mapping this challenge onto a graph-based problem, specifically the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Mathieu Garrigues , Victor Onofre , Wesley Coelho , S. Acheche

Electron correlation and quantum interference are pivotal in mesoscopic transport. We theoretically study the nonequilibrium transport dynamics of a triangular triple quantum dot (TTQD) molecule connected to fermionic reservoirs using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Shuo Dong , Junqing Li , Jianhua Wei

For several years the electronic structure properties of the novel two-dimensional system silicene have been studied extensively. Electron transport across metal-silicence junctions, however, remains relatively unexplored. To address this…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-04-15 Yun-Peng Wang , J. N. Fry , Hai-Ping Cheng

The nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method is often used to predict transport in atomistically resolved nanodevices and yields an immense numerical load when inelastic scattering on phonons is included. To ease this load, this work…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-22 Daniel A. Lemus , James Charles , Tillmann Kubis

The theory of Nonequilibrium Green functions (NEGF) has seen a rapid development over the recent three decades. Applications include diverse correlated many-body systems in and out of equilibrium. Very good agreement with experiments and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-02 Michael Bonitz , Jan-Philip Joost , Christopher Makait , Erik Schroedter , Tim Karsberger , Karsten Balzer

We consider a projection operator approach to the non-equilbrium Green function equation-of-motion (PO-NEGF EOM) method. The technique resolves problems of arbitrariness in truncation of an infinite chain of EOMs, and prevents violation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Maicol A. Ochoa , Michael Galperin , Mark A. Ratner

Real-time nonequilibrium Green functions (NEGF) have been very successful to simulate the dynamics of correlated many-particle systems far from equilibrium. However, NEGF simulations are computationally expensive since the effort scales…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-27 Karsten Balzer , Niclas Schlünzen , Hannes Ohldag , Jan-Philip Joost , Michael Bonitz