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The Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) method combined with ab initio calculations has been widely used to study charge transport in molecular junctions. However, the significant computational demands of high-resolution calculations…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Xuan Ji , Qiang Qi , Yueqi Chen , Chen Zhou , Xi Yu

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

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

We introduce diagrammatic technique for Hubbard nonequilibrium Green functions (NEGF). The formulation is an extension of equilibrium considerations for strongly correlated lattice models to description of current carrying molecular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-04 Feng Chen , Maicol A. Ochoa , Michael Galperin

Based on dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) we consider a non-equilibrium system of interacting colloidal particles driven by a constant tilting force through a periodic, symmetric "washboard" potential. We demonstrate that, despite…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 Ken Lichtner , Sabine H. L. Klapp

We review recent developments in the theory of interacting quantum many-particle systems that are not in equilibrium. We focus mainly on the nonequilibrium generalizations of the flow equation approach and of dynamical mean-field theory…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-06-16 M. Eckstein , A. Hackl , S. Kehrein , M. Kollar , M. Moeckel , P. Werner , F. A. Wolf

Quantum transport simulations are essential for understanding and designing nanoelectronic devices, yet the long-standing trade-off between accuracy and computational efficiency has limited their practical applications. We present…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Jijie Zou , Zhanghao Zhouyin , Dongying Lin , Yike Huang , Linfeng Zhang , Shimin Hou , Qiangqiang Gu

Recently, multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) have gained significant spotlight in the literature due to its high tunneling electro-resistance together with its non-volatility. In order to analyze such devices and to have insightful…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Robert Andrawis , Kaushik Roy

We study non-equilibrium (NE) fluctuation-dissipation (FD) relations in the context of quantum thermoelectric transport through a two-terminal nanodevice, in the steady-state and with interaction. The FD relations for the one- and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-23 H. Ness , L. K. Dash

Multi-terminal transport setups allow to realize more complex measurements and functionalities (e.g., transistors) of nanoscale systems than the simple two-terminal arrangement. Here the steady-state density functional formalism (i-DFT) for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Stefan Kurth , David Jacob , Nahual Sobrino , Gianluca Stefanucci

We present a scattering approach for the study of the transport and thermodynamics of quantum systems strongly coupled to their thermal environment(s). This formalism recovers the standard non-equilibrium Green's function expressions for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-15 Alexander Semenov , Abraham Nitzan

We propose a simple scheme that describes accurately essential non-equilibrium effects in nanoscale electronics devices using equilibrium transport theory. The scheme, which is based on the alignment and dealignment of the junction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-01 V. M. García-Suárez , J. Ferrer

Quantum dots are versatile systems for exploring quantum transport, electron correlations, and many-body phenomena such as the Kondo effect. While equilibrium properties are well understood through methods like the numerical renormalization…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-06 Gustavo Diniz , Silvio Quintino , Vivian V. França

Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT) has opened new perspectives for the investigation of strongly correlated electron systems and greatly improved our understanding of correlation effects in models and materials. In contrast to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-16 Dieter Vollhardt

Due to random dopant fluctuations, the device-to-device variability is a serious challenge to emerging nanoelectronics. In this work we present theoretical formalisms and numerical simulations of quantum transport variability, based on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-14 Yu Zhu , Lei Liu , Hong Guo

The electrostatic gating effects on molecular transistors are investigated using the density functional theory (DFT) combined with the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. When molecular energy levels are away from the Fermi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-28 D. Hou , J. H. Wei

In our theoretical study where we combine a nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) approach with density functional theory (DFT) we investigate compounds containing a ferrocene moiety which is connected to i) thiol anchor groups on both…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Xin Zhao , Robert Stadler

State-of-the-art industrial semiconductor device modeling is based on highly efficient Drift-Diffusion (DD) models that include some quantum corrections for nanodevices. In contrast, latest academic quantum transport models are based on the…

The transport and gain properties of quantum cascade (QC) structures are investigated using a nonequilibrium Green's function (NGF) theory which includes quantum effects beyond a Boltzmann transport description. In the NGF theory, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. -C. Lee , A. Wacker

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