Theory of rectification in tour wires: the role of electrode coupling.
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We report first-principles studies of electronic transport and rectification in molecular wires attached to gold electrodes. Our ab initio calculation gives an accurate description of the voltage drop as well as the broadening and alignment of the molecular levels in the metal-molecule-metal complex. We find that the operation range and rectification in such strongly chemisorbed molecules is limited by the width of the transmission resonances and their proximity to the Fermi level.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 89 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002