Creating functional electrical circuits using individual or ensemble molecules, often termed
as “molecular-scale electronics”, not only meets the increasing technical demands of the …

Single molecule electronic devices in which individual molecules are utilized as active
electronic components constitute a promising approach for the ultimate miniaturization and …

The control of charge transport in an active electronic device depends intimately on the
modulation of the internal charge density by an external node. For example, a field-effect …

In recent years there has been a huge increase in the research and development of
nanoscale science and technology. Central to the understanding of the properties of …

Molecular junctions, where single molecules are bound to metal or semiconductor
electrodes, represent a unique architecture to investigate molecules in a distinct …

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 …

We describe a first-principles method for calculating electronic structure, vibrational modes
and frequencies, electron-phonon couplings, and inelastic electron transport properties of …

The field of molecular electronics comprises a fundamental set of issues concerning the
electronic response of molecules as parts of a mesoscopic structure and a technology-facing …

An ultimate goal of molecular electronics, which seeks to incorporate molecular components
into electronic circuit units, is to generate functional molecular electronic devices using …

A real-time path-integral Monte Carlo approach is developed to study the dynamics in a
many-body quantum system coupled to a phonon background until reaching a …