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 …

[HTML][HTML] DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations

B Hourahine, B Aradi, V Blum, F Bonafe… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
DFTB+ is a versatile community developed open source software package offering fast and
efficient methods for carrying out atomistic quantum mechanical simulations. By …

Application of quantum chemistry to nanotechnology: electron and spin transport in molecular devices

WY Kim, YC Choi, SK Min, Y Cho, KS Kim - Chemical society reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Rapid progress of nanotechnology requires developing novel theoretical methods to explain
complicated experimental results and predict new functions of nanodevices. Thus, for the …

Ab initio Boltzmann approach to coupled magnon-phonon thermal transport in ferromagnetic crystals

H Pan, ZK Ding, BW Zeng, NN Luo, J Zeng, LM Tang… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We propose an ab initio Boltzmann transport approach taking into account magnon-phonon
scattering (MPS) and three-phonon scattering simultaneously to accurately evaluate the …

Inelastic transport theory from first principles: Methodology and application to nanoscale devices

T Frederiksen, M Paulsson, M Brandbyge… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
We describe a first-principles method for calculating electronic structure, vibrational modes
and frequencies, electron-phonon couplings, and inelastic electron transport properties of …

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 …

A priori method for propensity rules for inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy of single-molecule conduction

A Gagliardi, GC Solomon, A Pecchia… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
An a priori computational method for determining intensities in inelastic electron tunneling
spectroscopy (IETS) is developed that allows simple, chemically intuitive propensity rules to …

Non-equilibrium Green's functions in density functional tight binding: method and applications

A Pecchia, G Penazzi, L Salvucci… - New Journal of …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a detailed description of the implementation of the non-equilibrium Green's
function (NEGF) technique on the density-functional-based tight-binding (gDFTB) simulation …

Inelastic transport through molecules: Comparing first-principles calculations to experiments

M Paulsson, T Frederiksen, M Brandbyge - Nano letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present calculations of the elastic and inelastic conductance through three different
hydrocarbon molecules connected to gold electrodes. Our method is based on a …

Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Challenges for ab Initio Methodology

C Draxl, D Nabok, K Hannewald - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Organic/inorganic hybrid structures are most exciting since one can expect new
properties that are absent in either of their building blocks. They open new perspectives …