Electron transmission through molecules and molecular interfaces

A Nitzan - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Electron transmission through molecules and molecular interfaces has been a
subject of intensive research due to recent interest in electron-transfer phenomena …

Oxidation electronics: bond–band–barrier correlation and its applications

CQ Sun - Progress in materials science, 2003 - Elsevier
This report features the recent progress in understanding the behaviour of atoms and
valence electrons involved in the process of oxidation, and some technological development …

The relation between structure and quantum interference in single molecule junctions

T Markussen, R Stadler, KS Thygesen - Nano letters, 2010 - ACS Publications
Quantum interference (QI) of electron pathways has recently attracted increased interest as
an enabling tool for single-molecule electronic devices. Although various molecular systems …

Orbital views of the electron transport in molecular devices

K Yoshizawa, T Tada, A Staykov - Journal of the American …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Extended π-conjugated molecules are interesting materials that have been studied
theoretically and experimentally with applications to conducting nanowire, memory, and …

Phase coherent electronics: a molecular switch based on quantum interference

R Baer, D Neuhauser - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002 - ACS Publications
The phenomenon of quantum mechanical interference may be used to control the
conductivity of ballistic molecular wires. Using a simple model we demonstrate plausible …

Interfering pathways in benzene: An analytical treatment

T Hansen, GC Solomon, DQ Andrews… - The Journal of chemical …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The mechanism for off-resonant electron transport through small organic molecules in
metallic junctions is predominantly coherent tunneling. Thus, new device functionalities …

Molecular spintronics: spin-dependent electron transport in molecular wires

EG Emberly, G Kirczenow - Chemical Physics, 2002 - Elsevier
We present a theoretical study of spin-dependent transport through molecular wires bridging
ferromagnetic metal nanocontacts. We extend to magnetic systems a recently proposed …

Coherent electron-phonon coupling and polaronlike transport in molecular wires

H Ness, SA Shevlin, AJ Fisher - Physical Review B, 2001 - APS
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 transport through conjugated molecules: When the π system only tells part of the story

GC Solomon, DQ Andrews, RP Van Duyne… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In molecular transport junctions, current is monitored as a function of the applied voltage for
a single molecule assembled between two leads. The transport is modulated by the …

The role of quantum interference in determining transport properties of molecular bridges

K Walczak - Open Chemistry, 2004 - degruyter.com
An analytical approach to the electron transport phenomena in molecular devices is
presented. The analyzed devices are composed of various molecular bridges attached to …