Negative differential conductance in molecular junctions: an overview of experiment and theory

B Xu, Y Dubi - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the ultimate goals of molecular electronics is to create technologies that will
complement—and eventually supersede—Si-based microelectronics technologies. To reach …

Mechanically controlled quantum interference in individual π-stacked dimers

R Frisenda, VAEC Janssen, FC Grozema… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Recent observations of destructive quantum interference in single-molecule junctions
confirm the role of quantum effects in the electronic conductance properties of molecular …

Modulation and control of charge transport through single-molecule junctions

K Wan, B Xu - Molecular-Scale Electronics: Current Status and …, 2017 - Springer
The ability to modulate and control charge transport though singlemolecule junction devices
is crucial to achieving the ultimate goal of molecular electronics: constructing real-world …

Molecular rectifier composed of DNA with high rectification ratio enabled by intercalation

C Guo, K Wang, E Zerah-Harush, J Hamill, B Wang… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The predictability, diversity and programmability of DNA make it a leading candidate for the
design of functional electronic devices that use single molecules, yet its electron transport …

The importance of the image forces and dielectric environment in modeling contacts to two-dimensional materials

M Brahma, ML Van de Put, E Chen… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2023 - nature.com
The performance of transistors based on two-dimensional (2D) materials is affected largely
by the contact resistance due to high Schottky barriers at the metal-2D-material interface. In …

Computational study of the role of counterions and solvent dielectric in determining the conductance of B-DNA

Y Wang, B Demir, H Mohammad, EE Oren… - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
DNA naturally exists in a solvent environment, comprising water and salt molecules such as
sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc. Along with the sequence, the solvent conditions …

Influence of electronic structure modeling and junction structure on first-principles chiral induced spin selectivity

MS Zöllner, A Saghatchi, V Mujica… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We have carried out a comprehensive study of the influence of electronic structure modeling
and junction structure description on the first-principles calculation of the spin polarization in …

Chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect: Magnetocurrent–voltage characteristics with Coulomb interactions I

KH Huisman, JBMY Heinisch… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
One of the manifestations of chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) is the appearance of a
magnetocurrent. Magnetocurrent is the observation that the charge currents at finite bias in a …

A many-body approach to transport in quantum systems: from the transient regime to the stationary state

M Ridley, NW Talarico, D Karlsson… - Journal of Physics A …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We review one of the most versatile theoretical approaches to the study of time-dependent
correlated quantum transport in nano-systems: the non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) …

Mechanical tuning of conductance and thermopower in helicene molecular junctions

J Vacek, JV Chocholoušová, IG Stará, I Starý, Y Dubi - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Helicenes are inherently chiral polyaromatic molecules composed of all-ortho fused
benzene rings possessing a spring-like structure. Here, using a combination of density …