Nuclear coupling and polarization in molecular transport junctions: beyond tunneling to function

M Galperin, MA Ratner, A Nitzan, A Troisi - Science, 2008 - science.org
Much current experimental research on transport in molecular junctions focuses on finite
voltages, where substantial polarization-induced nonlinearities may result in technologically …

Charge transport in single Au| alkanedithiol| Au junctions: coordination geometries and conformational degrees of freedom

C Li, I Pobelov, T Wandlowski, A Bagrets… - Journal of the …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Recent STM molecular break-junction experiments have revealed multiple series of peaks in
the conductance histograms of alkanedithiols. To resolve a current controversy, we present …

Length dependence of electron transport through molecular wires–a first principles perspective

KH Khoo, Y Chen, S Li, SY Quek - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
One-dimensional wires constitute a fundamental building block in nanoscale electronics.
However, truly one-dimensional metallic wires do not exist due to Peierls distortion …

Length dependence of conductance in aromatic single-molecule junctions

SY Quek, HJ Choi, SG Louie, JB Neaton - Nano letters, 2009 - ACS Publications
Using a scattering-state approach incorporating self-energy corrections to the junction level
alignment, the conductance G of oligophenyldiamine− Au junctions is calculated and …

Influence of the contact area on the current density across molecular tunneling junctions measured with EGaIn top-electrodes

P Rothemund, C Morris Bowers, Z Suo… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
This paper describes the relationship between the rates of charge transport (by tunneling)
across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in a metal/SAM//Ga2O3/EGaIn junction and the …

The Driven Liouville von Neumann approach to electron dynamics in open quantum systems

O Hod, L Kronik - Israel journal of chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The driven Liouville von Neumann approach is a method to computationally
explore electron dynamics and transport in nanoscale systems. It does so by imposing open …

Green function techniques in the treatment of quantum transport at the molecular scale

DA Ryndyk, R Gutiérrez, B Song… - Energy Transfer Dynamics …, 2009 - Springer
The theoretical investigation of charge (and spin) transport at nanometer length scales
requires the use of advanced and powerful techniques able to deal with the dynamical …

Biological extension of the action principle: Endpoint determination beyond the quantum level and the ultimate physical roots of consciousness

A Grandpierre - arxiv preprint arxiv:0802.0601, 2008 - arxiv.org
We show that when we endow the action principle with the overlooked possibility to allow
endpoint selection, it gains an enormous additional power, which, perhaps surprisingly …

Charge transport across insulating self-assembled monolayers: Non-equilibrium approaches and modeling to relate current and molecular structure

F Mirjani, JM Thijssen, GM Whitesides, MA Ratner - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
This paper examines charge transport by tunneling across a series of electrically insulating
molecules with the structure HS (CH2) 4CONH (CH2) 2R) in the form of self-assembled …

Determination of complex absorbing potentials from the electron self-energy

TM Henderson, G Fagas, E Hyde… - The Journal of chemical …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The electronic conductance of a molecule making contact to electrodes is determined by the
coupling of discrete molecular states to the continuum electrode density of states …