碱金属原子掺杂BDC60分子中整流特性第一性原理研究

利用第一性密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,研究了碱金属原子掺杂对BDC60分子电子输运性质的影响.计算结果表明,在极低偏压下碱金属掺杂的BDC60分子能够表现出非常优良的整流性能,同时也展示出显著的负微分电阻行为.根据透射谱和前线分子轨道及其空间分布随外加偏压的变化等方面的分析,系统地讨论了整流以及负微分电阻行为产生的内在机理.我们的研究有助于BDC60分子在未来低偏压整流和负微分电阻分子器件中的应用.     

O/N替代掺杂对zigzag型硼氮窄纳米带能带及输运特性的影响

用第一性原理非平衡格林函数方法研究了O原子掺杂zigzag型硼氮窄纳米带(z-BNNNRs)的能带结构和电子输运特性.研究结果表明:O原子对N原子的替代掺杂使z-BNNNRs的能带结构出现明显变化,体系由半导体转变为金属;O掺杂明显地改变了z-BNNNRs体系的导电性能,在一定的偏压范围内产生明显的负微分电阻(NDR)现象,边缘掺杂比中间掺杂产生更大的负微分电导,进一步的输运性质计算给出的透射谱也印证了这一点.随着掺杂浓度的增加,负微分电导的极值也随之增大.     

分子整流的实验与理论研究进展*

分子电子器件的思想始于20世纪70年代,分子整流的研究在30多年中取得了显著进展,包括分子结构设计、实验测量以及理论模拟。本文简述了分子整流的发展历程,介绍了被广泛研究的分子整流体系以及分子水平整流机理,包括D-σ-A型、D-π-A型、D-A型、构象转变和界面引起的整流,以及负微分电阻现象。最后提出了分子整流研究中存在的一些问题,并展望了分子整流的研究和发展方向。     

单分子器件的输运特性

近年来,在分子电子学这一新型交叉领域中不断涌现出一些新的实验和理论研究进展.本文在简要介绍分子电子学中目前常用的实验技术、主要的电子输运和热电输运理论之后,重点列举了一些分子整流、分子开关、负微分电阻、自旋过滤、分子场效应管等功能型分子器件的研究实例,最后对分子电子学的发展前景进行了展望.     

含氮-空位缺陷锯齿状石墨烯纳米条带中负微分电阻和自旋过滤效应

采用第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法,系统研究了含氮空位缺陷锯齿状石墨烯纳米条带的自旋极化输运特性．理论计算结果表明边界非对称的这类石墨纳米条带的基态具有铁磁性,由其构建的分子结中负微分电阻效应具有鲁棒性,是电极局域的态密度及依赖偏压的散射区-电极耦合作用结果．此外,在特定偏压区域还观察到几乎完美的自旋过滤效应．     

H2分子在碱金属掺杂碳纳米管上的吸附特性

采用密度泛函理论研究了H₂在碱金属(M=Li, K)掺杂的扶手椅型单壁碳纳米管上的吸附. 对于碱金属管内掺杂, 模拟了4种氢吸附构型; 对于管外掺杂, 考虑了两种吸附结构, 同时还考虑了两种不同的掺杂浓度. 所有吸附模型都进行了全优化. 计算结果表明, 碱金属掺杂后, 碱金属与碳纳米管之间发生电子授受作用使得碱金属带正电荷, 对于金属Li, 管内掺杂更有利于电子向碳纳米管转移; 与管内掺杂相比, Li原子的管外掺杂更有利于H2分子吸附. 碱金属管外掺杂的碳纳米管吸附H₂的最稳定结构, 存在碱金属原子与H₂分子的配位作用.     

双笼氟化富勒烯分子C_(20)F_(18)(CO)_2C_(20)F_(18)电子输运性能的第一性原理研究

以双笼氟化富勒烯C_(20)F_(18)(CO)_2C_(20)F_(18)为中心分子,与Ag(100)纳米线电极连接构筑分子电子器件,通过第一性原理和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,对器件的电子输运特性进行了研究.结果显示,在外加偏压的作用下,中心分子的前线轨道逐渐定域在分子的左侧,电子透射通道被阻塞,所对应的共振隧穿峰被压制,器件的电流-电压特性曲线在0.3~0.8V区间内表现出明显的负微分电阻(NDR)现象.     

正三角锯齿型石墨烯的电子输运特性

利用密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数方法, 系统研究了正三角锯齿型石墨烯的电子输运特性. 研究表明: 正三角石墨烯的电流-电压(I-V)特性及整流效应与几何尺寸、边缘吸附原子的类型密切相关, 在其边缘吸附H原子和S原子的情况下, 小的正三角石墨烯有大的电流, 但有小的整流比; 改变边缘吸附原子的类型(用O原子替换H原子), 电流增大, 但其整流效应明显变低. 分析表明, 这种整流是由于正三角石墨烯前线轨道的空间分布不对称以及在正、负偏压下分子能级的非对称移动所致. 我们的研究对于认识正三角石墨烯的基本物性(电子结构及器件应用)有重要意义.     

直流偏压对于在玻碳电极上双层类脂膜成膜过程的影响

应用循环伏安法和电化学阻抗谱研究了直流偏压对卵磷脂在玻碳电极表面自组装成膜过程及其结构的影响.实验发现:无论在正偏压还是负偏压条件下,卵磷脂在玻碳电极上均可组装成膜.施加正偏压时,由于玻碳电极表面所带的正电荷与卵磷脂端基之间的静电作用,使得卵磷脂在电极表面倾向于形成双层的类脂膜,并在0.4V偏压下电极阻抗达到最大值.继续增大电极正向偏压,s-BLM缺陷增加,以至趋于被击穿.提出了适宜的等效电路,并据此非线性拟合电极过程,求得部分阻抗的模型参数.研究发现:膜电容和电荷传递电阻呈现良好的互补效应.     

扩展苯基衍生物分子器件的电子输运的理论研究

通过结合杂化密度泛函和前线轨道理论与弹性散射格林函数方法研究了三种苯基衍生物分子器件的电子输运性质. 基于杂化密度泛函方法计算扩展分子电子结构的基础上, 计算了苯基衍生物三分子结的输运性质. 计算结果表明, 在低偏压下, 电流与电压呈线性变化; 分子结的电阻的对数与苯环的数目呈线性增加关系.     

Theoretical studies of electron transport in thiophene dimer: effects of substituent group and heteroatom

The electron-transport properties of various substituted molecules based on the thiol-ended thiophene dimer (2Th1DT) are investigated through density functional theory (DFT) combined with nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. The current-voltage (I-V) curves of all the Au/2Th1DT/Au systems in this work display similar steplike features, while their equilibrium conductances show a large difference and some of these I-V curves are asymmetric distinctly. The results reveal the dependence of conductance on the energy level of the substituted 2Th1DT molecules. Rectification ratios are computed to examine the asymmetric properties of the I-V curves. The rectifying behavior in the 2Th1DT molecule containing the amino group close to the molecular end is more prominent than that in the other molecules. The rectifying behavior is analyzed through transmission spectra and molecular projected self-consistent Hamiltonian (MPSH) states. Slight negative differential resistance (NDR) can be observed in some of the systems. The electron-transport properties of 2Th1DT molecules containing different heteroatoms are also investigated. The results indicate that the current in heteroatom-containing molecules is larger than that in their pristine analogues, and lighter heteroatoms are more favorable than heavier heteroatoms for electron transport of the thiophene dimer.     

Position effects of single vacancy on transport properties of single layer armchair h-BNC heterostructure

Based on certain single layer armchair h-BNC heterostructures, six molecular devices with different positions of single vacancy atoms are investigated to explain the modulating process of negative differential resistance (NDR) behaviors and rectifying performance. The results show that NDR behaviors can be observed clearly with vacancy atoms near the interface of graphene nano-ribbon and BN nano-ribbon, and rectifying performance can be enhanced obviously when there are vacancy atoms in the moiety of the BN nano-ribbon. The first-principles analysis of the microscopic nature reveals that strength of electronic transmission, evolutions of molecular orbitals and distributions of molecular states are the intrinsic responses to these transport properties.     

In(OH)BDC.0.75BDCH2 (BDC = Benzenedicarboxylate), a hybrid inorganic-organic vernier structure

The compound In(OH)BDC.0.75BDCH2 (BDC = benzenedicarboxylate), 1, has been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure comprises two distinct sublattices formed by a covalently linked In(OH)BDC lattice and ordered chains of hydrogen-bonded H2BDC molecules and can be described as a hybrid inorganic coordination polymer-organic vernier structure. Each InO6 octahedron of the octahedral chain has a length of 3.6 A along the chain axis, whereas each H2BDC molecule has a length of 9.6 A along the guest column axis. Therefore, a unit of eight InO6 octahedra of the octahedral chain is just in registry with three H2BDC molecules of the guest column giving a repeat unit of 28.76 A along the channel axis direction.     

Tossing and turning: guests in the flexible frameworks of metal(III) dicarboxylates

Single crystals of Ga(OH)(C(8)H(4)O(4)).0.74C(8)H(6)O(4) (2) and Ga(OH,F)(C(8)H(4)O(4)).0.74C(8)H(6)O(4) (3) were obtained under hydrothermal conditions. The structures of 2 and 3 have the same topological framework as the previously reported aluminum 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC), Al(OH)(C(8)H(4)O(4)).0.7C(8)H(6)O(4) (1). The frameworks are built by interconnecting M-OH-M chains (M = Al, Ga) with BDC anions to form large diamond-shaped one-dimensional channels filled with additional H(2)BDC guest molecules occupying disordered positions in the channels. Upon removal of H(2)BDC, other guest molecules such as H(2)O and pyridine can be inserted. In this work, we present a study of the intercalation of aromatic guests (BDC and pyridine) into frameworks of 1-3 by liquid and vapor diffusion into the empty channels of 1 and by single-crystal-to-single-crystal solvothermal guest exchange for 2 and 3. In the case of Al(OH)BDC and Ga(OH,F)BDC, two interconvertible, guest-concentration-dependent phases with different orientations of the pyridine guests have been observed, while only one pyridine orientation is found in Ga(OH)BDC.     

Dual conductance, negative differential resistance, and rectifying behavior in a molecular device modulated by side groups

We investigate the electronic transport properties for a molecular device model constructed by a phenylene ethynylene oligomer molecular with different side groups embedding in a carbon chain between two graphene electrodes. Using the first-principles method, the unusual dual conductance, negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior with large peak to valley ratio, and obvious rectifying performance are numerically observed in such proposed molecular device. The analysis of the molecular projected self-consistent Hamiltonian and the evolution of the frontier molecular orbitals (MOs) as well as transmission coefficients under various external voltage biases gives an inside view of the observed results, which suggests that the dual conductance behavior and rectifying performance are due to the asymmetry distribution of the frontier MOs as well as the corresponding coupling between the molecule and electrodes. But the NDR behavior comes from the conduction orbital being suppressed at certain bias. Interestingly, the conduction properties can be tuned by introducing side groups to the molecule and the rectification as well as the NDR behavior (peak to valley ratio) can be improved by adding different side groups in the device model.     

Conduction mechanism of Aviram-Ratner rectifiers with single pyridine-sigma-C(60) oligomers

We present the electron transport of pyridyl aza[60]fulleroid oligomers, abbreviated as C(60)NPy, which is based on the donor-barrier-acceptor (D-sigma-A) architecture, at a single molecular scale using scanning tunneling microscopy. A rectifying effect is observed in the current-voltage characteristics. The theoretical calculation shows that the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) are well localized either on the Py moiety (donor) or on the C(60) moiety (acceptor), indicating the sigma-bridge decouples the LUMO and the HOMO of the donor and the acceptor, respectively. This structure accords well with the unimolecular rectifying model proposed by Aviram and Ratner [Chem. Phys. Lett. 1974, 29, 277]. The mechanism of the rectifying effect is understood by analyzing in detail the electron transport through energy levels of the donor and the acceptor of the C(60)NPy molecules. By directly comparing the experimental conductance peaks and the calculated density of states of the C(60)NPy, we find that the observed rectification is attributed to the asymmetric positioning of the LUMOs and the HOMOs of both sides of the acceptor and the donor of the C(60)NPy molecules with respect to the Fermi level of the electrodes. When a main voltage drop is over the molecule-electrode vacuum junction but a small fraction over the molecule itself, the shift of the energy levels between the donor and the acceptor will be small. This behavior deviates from the original proposal by Aviram and Ratner in which a large shift of the energy level is expected.     

Influence of the reaction temperature and ph on the coordination modes of the 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) ligand: a case study of the Ni(II)(BDC)/2,2'-bipyridine system

Three new Ni(BDC)/2,2'-bipy compounds, Ni2(BDC)(HBDC)2(2,2'-bipy)2 (2), Ni3(BDC)3(2,2'-bipy)2 (3), and Ni(BDC)(2,2-bipy)2.2H2O (5), in addition to the previously reported Ni(BDC)(2,2'-bipy).0.75H2BDC (1) and Ni(BDC)(2,2'-bipy)(H2O) (4) [BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate; 2,2'-bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine], have been synthesized by hydrothermal reactions. A systematic investigation of the effect of the reaction temperature and pH resulted in a series of compounds with different compositions and dimensionality. The diverse product slate illustrates the marked sensitivity of the structural chemistry of polycarboxylate aromatic ligands to synthesis conditions. Compound 1, which has a channel structure containing guest H2BDC molecules, is formed at the lowest pH. The guest H2BDC molecules are connected by hydrogen bonds and form extended chains. At a slightly higher pH, a dimeric molecular compound 2 is formed with a lower number of protonated carboxylate groups per nickel atom and per BDC ligand. Reactions at higher temperature and the same pH lead to the transformation of 1 and 2 into the two-dimensional, layered trinuclear compound 3. As the pH is increased, a one-dimensional polymer 4 is formed with a water molecule coordinated to Ni2+. Bis-monodentate and bischelating BDC ligands alternate along the chain to give a crankshaft rather than a regular zigzag arrangement. A further increase of the pH leads to the one-dimensional chain compound 5, which has two chelating 2,2'-bipy ligands. Crystal data: 2, triclinic, space group P, a = 7.4896(9) angstroms, b = 9.912(1) angstroms, c = 13.508(2) angstroms, alpha = 86.390(2) degrees , beta = 75.825(2) degrees, gamma = 79.612(2) degrees, Z = 2; 3, orthorhombic, space group Pbca, a = 9.626(2) angstroms, b = 17.980(3) angstroms, c = 25.131(5) angstroms, Z = 4; 5, orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, a = 14.266(2) angstroms, b = 10.692(2) angstroms, c = 17.171(2) angstroms, Z = 8.     

三维化合物[Ni2(BDC)2(m-bix)(H2O)3·3H2O]n的合成、结构和性质

水热条件下,合成了一个三维配位聚合物[Ni₂(BDC)₂(m-bix)(H₂O)₃·3H₂O]_n(1)[BDC=对苯二甲酸,m-bix=1,3-双(咪唑基-1-甲基)-苯],并通过红外,热重和X-射线单晶衍射进行了表征。X射线衍射结果表明化合物含有类似配位环境的金属2个Ni²⁺离子,2个BDC^2-配体,1个m-bix分子,3个配位水分子和3个游离的溶剂水分子。两个Ni²⁺离子分别采用八面体构型,通过桥联水分子形成双核单元,然后通过全部脱质子的BDC形成三维孔洞结构,m-bix配体通过连接两类双核金属原子形成三维框架,游离水分子存在于框架之中。有趣的是,化合物的结构是单一六节点,具有自穿插特征。而且对化合物的红外和热重性质进行了表征。     

p-Xylene-selective metal-organic frameworks: a case of topology-directed selectivity

Para-disubstituted alkylaromatics such as p-xylene are preferentially adsorbed from an isomer mixture on three isostructural metal-organic frameworks: MIL-125(Ti) ([Ti(8)O(8)(OH)(4)(BDC)(6)]), MIL-125(Ti)-NH(2) ([Ti(8)O(8)(OH)(4)(BDC-NH(2))(6)]), and CAU-1(Al)-NH(2) ([Al(8)(OH)(4)(OCH(3))(8)(BDC-NH(2))(6)]) (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate). Their unique structure contains octahedral cages, which can separate molecules on the basis of differences in packing and interaction with the pore walls, as well as smaller tetrahedral cages, which are capable of separating molecules by molecular sieving. These experimental data are in line with predictions by molecular simulations. Additional adsorption and microcalorimetric experiments provide insight in the complementary role of the two cage types in providing the para selectivity.