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In this article we present a novel semi-analytical approach to calculate first-order electron-vibration coupling constants within the framework of density functional theory. It combines analytical expressions for the first-order derivative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-12 Marius Bürkle , Janne K. Viljas , Thomas J. Hellmuth , Elke Scheer , Florian Weigend , Gerd Schön , Fabian Pauly

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

Vibrational nonequilibrium effects in charge transport through single-molecule junctions are investigated. Focusing on molecular bridges with multiple electronic states, it is shown that electronic-vibrational coupling triggers a variety of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-15 R. Härtle , C. Benesch , M. Thoss

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

As a step towards a more realistic modeling of vibrations in single-molecule devices, we investigate the effects of charge-dependent vibrational frequencies and anharmonic potentials on electronic transport. For weak phonon relaxation, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jens Koch , Felix von Oppen

The influence of multiple vibrational modes on current fluctuations in electron transport through single-molecule junctions is investigated. Our analysis is based on a generic model of a molecular junction, which comprises a single…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-26 C. Schinabeck , R. Härtle , H. B. Weber , M. Thoss

Coherent electron transport is investigated in a molecular device made of polymeric chain sandwiched between two metallic electrodes. Molecular system is described by a simple Huckel model, while the coupling to the electrodes is treated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kamil Walczak

We investigate the transient nonequilibrium dynamics of a molecular junction biased by a finite voltage and strongly coupled to internal vibrational degrees of freedom. Using two different, numerical exact techniques, diagrammatic Monte…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-05 Klaus Ferdinand Albrecht , Haobin Wang , Lothar Muehlbacher , Michael Thoss , Andreas Komnik

Our objective is to study resonant tunneling of an electron in the presence of inelastic scattering by optical phonons. Using a recently developed technique, based on exact mapping of a many-body problem onto a one-body problem, we compute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Haule , J. Bonca

The calculation of the nonlinear conductance of a single-molecule junction is revisited. The self energy on the junction resulting from the electron-phonon interaction has at low temperatures logarithmic singularities (in the real part) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 O. Entin-Wohlman , Y. Imry , A. Aharony

We present a scattering-state description for the non-equilibrium multichannel charge transport in the presence of electron-vibration couplings. It is based on an expansion of scattering orders of eigenchannel states. Examining charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-16 Sejoong Kim , Young-Woo Son

We investigate the nonequilibrium population of a vibrational mode in the steady state of a biased molecular junction, using a rate equation approach. We focus on the limit of weak electronic-vibrational coupling and show that, in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Rainer Härtle , Manas Kulkarni

The linear conductance of a molecular conductor oscillating between two metallic leads is investigated numerically both for Hubbard interacting and noninteracting electrons. The molecule-leads tunneling barriers depend on the molecule…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. A. Al-Hassanieh , C. A. Büsser , G. B. Martins , E. Dagotto

Understanding the current-induced vibrational dynamics in molecular nanojunctions is critical for gaining insight into the stability of such systems. While it is well known that Joule heating at higher bias voltages plays an important role…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-26 Martin Mäck , Riley J. Preston , Michael Thoss , Samuel L. Rudge

In the present work, we theoretically analyze the steady-state thermoelectric transport through a single-molecule junction with a vibrating bridge. Thermally induced charge current in the system is explored using a nonequilibrium Green's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-21 Natalya A. Zimbovskaya

We present a technique to calculate the transport properties through one-dimensional models of molecular wires. The calculations include inelastic electron scattering due to electron-lattice interaction. The coupling between the electron…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Ness , S. A. Shevlin , A. J. Fisher

The geometry-dependent energy transfer rate from an electrically pumped inorganic semiconductor quantum well into an organic molecular layer is studied theoretically. We focus on F\"orster-type nonradiative excitation transfer between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-20 Judith Specht , Eike Verdenhalven , Björn Bieniek , Patrick Rinke , Andreas Knorr , Marten Richter

We carry out experiments on single-molecule junctions at low temperatures, using the mechanically controlled break junction technique. Analyzing the results received with more than ten different molecules the nature of the first peak in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 Daniel Secker , Stefan Wagner , Stefan Ballmann , Rainer Härtle , Michael Thoss , Heiko B. Weber

We investigate the effect of quantisation of vibrational modes on a system in which the transport path is through a quantum dot mounted on a cantilever or spring such that tunnelling to and from the dot is modulated by the oscillation. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Angus MacKinnon , Andrew D Armour

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