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Giguère A, Ernzerhof M. Extending the source-sink potential method to include electron-nucleus coupling. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:014110. [PMID: 34241400 DOI: 10.1063/5.0056336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The source-sink potential (SSP) method provides a simple tool for the qualitative analysis of the conductance of molecular electronic devices, and often analytical expressions for the conductance can be obtained. Here, we extend the SSP approach to account for decoherent, inelastic electron transport by including the non-adiabatic coupling between the electrons and the nuclei in the molecule. This coupling results in contributions to electron transport that can modify the qualitative structure-conductance relationships that we unraveled previously with SSP. In the approach proposed, electron-nucleus interactions are treated starting from the harmonic approximation for the nuclei, using a non-perturbative approach to account for the non-adiabatic coupling. Our method qualitatively describes experimentally observed phenomena and allows for a simple analysis that often provides analytical formulas in terms of the physical parameters of the junction, e.g., vibrational energies, non-adiabatic coupling, and molecule-contact coupling.
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- Alexandre Giguère
- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale A, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succursale A, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Liu Y, Zhong M, Downey EF, Chen X, Li T, Nørgaard K, Wei Z. Temperature dependence of charge transport in solid-state molecular junctions based on oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 31:164001. [PMID: 31891933 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab6681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ultimate goal of molecular electronics is to achieve practical applications. For approaching the target, we have successfully fabricated solid-state junctions based on oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s (OPEs) and cruciform OPEs with extended tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) (OPE3 and OPE3-TTF) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with a diamine anchoring group. SAMs were confined in micropores with gold substrates to ensure well-defined device surface areas. The transport properties were conducted on a double-junction layout, which the rGO films used for top contacts and interconnects between adjacent SAMs. The solid-state devices based on OPE3-TTF SAMs showed the expected higher conductance under ambient conditions because of the incorporation of a TTF moiety. The two devices displayed varying degrees of temperature dependence with decreasing temperature, which resulted from the cross-conjugated OPE3-TTF molecule exhibiting quantum interference while the linear-conjugated OPE3 molecule did not. This study shows the temperature dependence of the electrical properties of molecular devices based on cruciform OPEs, further enriching the research results of functional molecular devices.
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- Yuqing Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China. Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China. Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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Barraud C, Lemaitre M, Bonnet R, Rastikian J, Salhani C, Lau S, van Nguyen Q, Decorse P, Lacroix JC, Della Rocca ML, Lafarge P, Martin P. Charge injection and transport properties of large area organic junctions based on aryl thin films covalently attached to a multilayer graphene electrode. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:414-420. [PMID: 36132450 PMCID: PMC9473172 DOI: 10.1039/c8na00106e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The quantum interaction between molecules and electrode materials at molecule/electrode interfaces is a major ingredient in the electron transport properties of organic junctions. Driven by the coupling strength between the two materials, it results mainly in the broadening and energy shift of the interacting molecular orbitals. Using new electrode materials, such as the recently developed semi-conducting two-dimensional nanomaterials, has become a significant advancement in the field of molecular/organic electronics that opens new possibilities for controlling the interfacial electronic properties and thus the charge injection properties. In this article, we report the use of atomically thin two-dimensional multilayer graphene films as the base electrode in organic junctions with a vertical architecture. The interfacial electronic structure dominated by the covalent bonding between bis-thienyl benzene diazonium-based molecules and the multilayer graphene electrode has been probed by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and the results are compared with those obtained on junctions with standard Au electrodes. Room temperature injection properties of such interfaces have also been explored by electron transport measurements. We find that, despite strong variations of the density of states, the Fermi energy and the injection barriers, both organic junctions with Au base electrodes and multilayer graphene base electrodes show similar electronic responses. We explain this observation by the strong orbital coupling occurring at the bottom electrode/bis-thienyl benzene molecule interface and by the pinning of the hybridized molecular orbitals.
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- Clément Barraud
- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- ITODYS UMR 7086, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- ITODYS UMR 7086, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
- Department of Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 18 Hoang Quoc Viet CauGiay Hanoi Vietnam
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- ITODYS UMR 7086, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- MPQ UMR 7162, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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- ITODYS UMR 7086, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS F-75013 Paris France
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Rahman H, Kleinekathöfer U. Non-equilibrium Green’s function transport theory for molecular junctions with general molecule-lead coupling and temperatures. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:234108. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5054312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Hasan Rahman
- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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Huang B, Liu X, Yuan Y, Hong ZW, Zheng JF, Pei LQ, Shao Y, Li JF, Zhou XS, Chen JZ, Jin S, Mao BW. Controlling and Observing Sharp-Valleyed Quantum Interference Effect in Single Molecular Junctions. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17685-17690. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bing Huang
- Key Laboratory
of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory
of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Key Laboratory
of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory
of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory
of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory
of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- State Key Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry,
iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory
of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
- Zhejiang Tianyan Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 311215, China
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- Key Laboratory
of Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- State Key Laboratory
of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry,
iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Tsuji Y, Yoshizawa K. Effects of electron-phonon coupling on quantum interference in polyenes. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:134115. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5048955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Yuta Tsuji
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Jaramillo JD, Hammar H, Fransson J. Electronically Mediated Magnetic Anisotropy in Vibrating Magnetic Molecules. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:6546-6553. [PMID: 31458831 PMCID: PMC6644657 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We address the electronically induced anisotropy field acting on a spin moment in a vibrating magnetic molecule located in the junction between ferromagnetic metals. Under weak coupling between the electrons and molecular vibrations, the nature of the anisotropy can be changed from favoring a high spin (easy-axis) magnetic moment to a low spin (easy plane) by applying a temperature difference or a voltage bias across the junction. For unequal spin polarizations in ferromagnetic metals, it is shown that the character of the anisotropy is essentially determined by the properties of the weaker ferromagnet. By increasing the temperature in this metal or introducing a voltage bias, its influence can be suppressed such that the dominant contribution to the anisotropy is interchanged to the stronger ferromagnet. With increasing coupling strength between the molecular vibrations and the electrons, the nature of the anisotropy is locked into favoring easy-plane magnetism.
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Sýkora R, Novotný T. Graph-theoretical evaluation of the inelastic propensity rules for molecules with destructive quantum interference. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:174114. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4981916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Li BL, Chen KQ. Huge inelastic current at low temperature in graphene nanoribbons. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:075301. [PMID: 28032608 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa530a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The nonequilibrium Green's function and the generalized lowest-order expansion method with consideration of electron-phonon interactions (EPIs) are used to investigate the spin-dependent electronic transport properties of ferromagnetic zigzag graphene nanoribbons. Results show that the consideration of EPIs will lead to a 4-5 orders of magnitude increase of the current in some bias regions when the spin polarizations of two electrodes are antiparallel. This results in the vanishing of the dual spin filtration effect and a narrowing of the effective bias region of giant magnetoresistance. The increases of the current mainly from the first Born scattering process, and can be described by the Fermi's golden rule, and may be a result of the breaking of the structural symmetry by the introduction of phonons.
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- Bo-Lin Li
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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