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An efficient implementation of the nonequilibrium Green function (NEGF) method combined with the density functional theory (DFT) using localized pseudo-atomic orbitals (PAOs) is presented for electronic transport calculations of a system…

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Electron transport and quantum conductance through an armchair graphene and its oxidized graphene- containing form were investigated by the density functional theory (DFT) method and the implementation of the non-equilibrium Green function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-29 Badie Ghavami , Alireza Rastkar-Ebrahimzadeh

Nonequilibrium Greens function techniques (NEGF) combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations have become a standard tool for the description of electron transport through single molecule nanojunctions in the coherent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 Victor Geskin , Robert Stadler , Jérôme Cornil

A new approximate computational framework is proposed for computing the non-equilibrium charge density in the context of the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method for quantum mechanical transport problems. The framework consists of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Quan Chen , Jun Li , Chiyung Yam , Yu Zhang , Ngai Wong , Guanhua Chen

In this paper we present a general formulation for electronic transport that combines strong correlation effects with broadening and quantum coherence, and illustrate it with a simple example ("spin blockade") that clearly demonstrates all…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Supriyo Datta

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

Coherent electronic transport through a molecular device is studied using non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism. Such device is made of a carbon nanowire which is connected to ferromagnetic electrodes. The molecule itself is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kamil Walczak , Gloria Platero

We present a method which uses density functional theory (DFT) to treat transport through a single molecule connected to two conducting leads for the weak and intermediate coupling. This case is not accessible to standard non-equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 Fatemeh Mirjani , Joseph M. Thijssen

At this summer school, I have tried to describe a general approach to quantum transport problems based on the Non-equilibrium Green Function (NEGF) method . I will not repeat this treatment here. Instead I will use this article to draw…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-15 Supriyo Datta

This review deals with the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method applied to the problems of energy transport due to atomic vibrations (phonons), primarily for small junction systems. We present a pedagogical introduction to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-28 Jian-Sheng Wang , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Huanan Li , Juzar Thingna

This research demonstrates analytical time-dependent non-equilibrium green function (TD-NEGF) algorithms to investigate dynamical functionalities of quantum devices, especially for photon-assisted transports. Together with the lumped…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 I-Lin Ho

The non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach offers a practical framework for simulating various phenomena in mesoscopic systems. As the dimension of electronic devices shrinks to just a few nanometers, the need for new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-09 Vahid Mosallanejad , Kuei-Lin Chiu , Wenjie Dou

Extended Huckel theory (EHT) along with NEGF (Non-equilibrium Green's function formalism) has been used for modeling coherent transport through molecules. Incorporating dephasing has been proposed to theoretically reproduce experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-28 Hassan Raza , Edwin C. Kan

Since proposed in the 70s, the Non-Equilibrium Green Function (NEGF) method has been recognized as a standard approach to quantum transport simulations. Although it achieves superiority in simulation accuracy, the tremendous computational…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Yingzhanghao Zhou , Xiang Chen , Peng Zhang , Jun Wang , Lei Wang , Hong Guo

We overview nonequilibrium Green function combined with density functional theory (NEGF-DFT) modeling of independent electron and phonon transport in nanojunctions with applications focused on a new class of thermoelectric devices where a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-19 Branislav K. Nikolic , Kamal K. Saha , Troels Markussen , Kristian S. Thygesen

We theoretically study the electronic transport in the monolayer of dithiolated phenylene vinylene oligomeres coupled to the (111) surfaces of gold electrodes. We use non-equilibrium Green functions (NEGF) and density functional theory(DFT)…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Crljen , A. Grigoriev , G. Wendin , K. Stokbro

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

We present here a self consistent solution of quantum transport, using the Non Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) method, and magnetization dynamics, using the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) formulation. We have applied this model to study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sayeef Salahuddin , Supriyo Datta

While the Landauer viewpoint constitutes a modern basis to understand nanoscale electronic transport and to realize first-principles implementations of the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism, seeking an alternative picture…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-18 Juho Lee , Han Seul Kim , Yong-Hoon Kim

With recent developments in spintronics, it is now possible to envision spin-driven devices with magnets and interconnects that require a new class of transport models using generalized Fermi functions and currents, each with four…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-27 Kerem Y. Camsari , Samiran Ganguly , Deepanjan Datta , Supriyo Datta