Molecular transport junctions: vibrational effects

M Galperin, MA Ratner, A Nitzan - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Transport of electrons in a single molecule junction is the simplest problem in the general
subject area of molecular electronics. In the past few years, this area has been extended to …

Atomistic theory of transport in organic and inorganic nanostructures

A Pecchia, A Di Carlo - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
As the size of modern electronic and optoelectronic devices is scaling down at a steady
pace, atomistic simulations become necessary for an accurate modelling of their structural …

Resonant inelastic tunneling in molecular junctions

M Galperin, A Nitzan, MA Ratner - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
Within a phonon-assisted resonance level model we develop a self-consistent procedure for
calculating electron transport currents in molecular junctions with intermediate to strong …

Theory of vibrationally inelastic electron transport through molecular bridges

M Čížek, M Thoss, W Domcke - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2004 - APS
Vibrationally inelastic electron transport through a molecular bridge that is connected to two
leads is investigated. The study is based on a generic model of vibrational excitation in …

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 …

Temperature dependence of polaronic transport through single molecules and quantum dots

U Lundin, RH McKenzie - Physical Review B, 2002 - APS
Motivated by recent experiments on electric transport through single molecules and
quantum dots, we investigate a model for transport that allows for significant coupling …

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 …

Thermoelectric effect in molecular junctions: A tool for revealing transport mechanisms

D Segal - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2005 - APS
We investigate the thermopower of a metal-molecule-metal junction taking into account
thermal effects on the junction. Based on analytical expressions and numerical simulations …

Heating in current carrying molecular junctions

D Segal, A Nitzan - The Journal of chemical physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
A framework for estimating heating and expected temperature rise in current carrying
molecular junctions is described. Our approach is based on applying the Redfield …

The transfer of energy between electrons and ions in solids

AP Horsfield, DR Bowler, H Ness… - Reports on Progress …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review we consider those processes in condensed matter that involve the irreversible
flow of energy between electrons and nuclei that follows from a system being taken out of …