Title: | Nonequilibrium Green's function study on the electronic structure and transportation behavior of the conjugated molecular junction : Terminal connections and intramolecular connections |
Authors: | Liu, Hongmei Browse this author |
Ni, Wenbin Browse this author |
Zhao, Jianwei Browse this author |
Wang, Nan Browse this author |
Guo, Yan Browse this author |
Taketsugu, Tetsuya Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Kiguchi, Manabu Browse this author |
Murakoshi, Kei Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | density functional theory |
electrical conductivity |
electrochemical electrodes |
Green's function methods |
molecular electronics |
organic compounds |
quantum interference phenomena |
Issue Date: | 28-Jun-2009 |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
Journal Title: | Journal of Chemical Physics |
Volume: | 130 |
Issue: | 24 |
Start Page: | 244501 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1063/1.3151682 |
Abstract: | In the recent density functional-based calculations, it was found that the conductivity of naphthalene molecular wires can be modulated by altering the linking position of the molecule to the electrode [D. Walter, D. Neuhauser, and R. Baer, Chem. Phys. 299, 139 (2004)]. A quantum interference model was proposed to interpret the observation. In this paper, we further studied the conductance of a series of conjugated molecules containing aromatic rings using density functional theory combined with nonequilibrium Green's function method. For polyacene systems with different terminal connections, the conductivity is dependent on the substitution position of anchoring groups even with similar electron transport distance. The conductance of trans-substitution can be ten times or more as large as that of the cis-substitution. However, for the biphenyl system with different intramolecular connections, adding more connections between two benzene rings does not change the junction conductance. All these results indicate that the junction conductance is strongly dependent on the particular electron transport pathway. The alternating double-single linkage is the most probable one, since others are impeded by the single bonds. © 2009 American Institute of Physics. |
Rights: | Copyright 2009 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/38832 |
Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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