Quantum Transport Through Tunable Molecular Diodes

Abstract Employing self-interaction corrected density functional theory combined with the non-equilibrium Green’s function method, we study the quantum transport through molecules with different numbers of phenyl (donor) and pyrimidinyl (acceptor) rings in order to evaluate the effects of the molecu...

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Autores principales: Joshua Tobechukwu Obodo, Altynbek Murat, Udo Schwingenschlögl
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/36743e54fcf6465eb4f88f3675ae2066
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Sumario:Abstract Employing self-interaction corrected density functional theory combined with the non-equilibrium Green’s function method, we study the quantum transport through molecules with different numbers of phenyl (donor) and pyrimidinyl (acceptor) rings in order to evaluate the effects of the molecular composition on the transport properties. Excellent agreement with the results of recent experiments addressing the rectification behavior of molecular junctions is obtained, which demonstrates the potential of quantum transport simulations for designing high performance junctions by tuning the molecular specifications.