分子构型对分子器件伏-安特性的影响

本文选取4,4′-二巯基联苯分子通过终端S原子化学吸附于两Au原子团簇形成分子结,利用从头计算方法和弹性散射格林函数理论研究了该分子两苯环之间不同位置取向对分子能级结构以及该分子结伏安特性的影响.计算结果表明苯环扭转角增加会使分子能级发生不同程度的移动,从而引起最高占据轨道(HOMO)与最低未占据轨道(LUMO)的间距增大.扭转角增大也会导致分子轨道的扩展性变差,从而使体系的导电性能降低.当扭转角为90度时,体系的导电性能最差.该工作有利于未来分子电子学器件的设计.     

1,8-二巯基芘分子电学特性的理论研究

在第一性原理的基础上 ,对 1,8 二巯基芘分子的电学特性进行了理论研究 .采用了 3个Au原子构成的团簇来模拟Au表面 .首先利用密度泛函理论计算了 1,8 二巯基芘分子的电子结构及其和Au表面的相互作用 ,再利用前线轨道理论和微扰理论定量地确定了该分子和Au表面的相互作用能常数 .最后利用弹性散射格林函数法研究了该分子结的伏 安特性 .计算结果表明 ,分子中的硫原子和Au原子形成很强的共价键 .当外加偏压小于 1V时分子结存在电流禁区 ,随着偏压升高 ,分子结的电导出现平台结构 .分子结的电导特性和其电子结构密切相关 ,扩展分子轨道为电荷的迁移提供了通道 ,而局域轨道对电流贡献很小     

分子线的电子输运特性

从第一性原理出发利用密度泛函理论计算了共扼分子2氨基5硝基1,4二乙炔基4′苯硫醇基苯(2amino5nitro1,4diethyny4′benzenethiolbenzene)的电子结构,并利用前线轨道理论和微扰理论定量地确定了该分子与金表面的相互作用能常数.然后,利用弹性散射格林函数方法研究了该分子与金表面形成的分子线的伏安特性.计算结果表明,分子通过硫氢官能团可以很强地吸附于金表面上,形成以共价键为主的混合键,从而为电子的转移提供了通道.当外加偏压很低时,分子线的电流存在禁区,禁区的宽度约08eV. 关键词： 化学吸附 分子线 分子电子学     

分子结电学特性的理论研究

在第一性原理的基础上，对共扼分子2-氨基-5-硝基-1，4-二乙炔基-4’，-苯硫醇基苯(2-amino-5-nitro-1,4-diethyny-4’-benzenethiol-benzene)与金表面形成的分子结的电学特性进行了理论研究.利用密度泛函理论计算了该分子及扩展分子的电子结构；讨论了分子与金表面的相互作用，定量地确定了耦合常数，求出了电子的迁移强度；利用弹性散射格林函数法研究了该分子结的伏—安特性.计算结果表明，当外加偏压小于0.9V时分子结存在电流禁区，随着偏压升高，分子结的电导出现平台特 关键词： 化学吸附 分子结 分子电子学     

分子线的伏-安特性研究

利用密度泛函理论计算了共扼分子2-氨基-5-硝基-1, 4-二乙炔基-4′-苯硫醇基苯的电子结构, 并利用弹性散射格林函数方法研究了该分子与金表面形成的分子线的伏-安特性. 该工作将有利于未来分子电子学器件的设计.     

异构二芳基乙烯分子结低偏压电导机制的第一性原理研究

本文用结合密度泛函理论的非平衡格林函数方法研究了具有开环和闭环两种同分异构体的二芳基乙烯衍生物分子的结构-特性关系. 该功能分子通过末端的吡啶基团连接到取向沿(111)方向的金电极. 计算结果表明，异构体分子结的不同低偏压电导主要是由于它们具有不同的电子结构. 两种构型分子结的低偏压导电都主要来自于电子隧穿最低未占据分子轨道(LUMO). 由于具有扩展的单双键交替共轭结构，闭环构型分子具有更好的导电通道. 通过计算分子结在平衡状态下的电子转移，可发现更多电子转移到闭环构型分子，导致了其LUMO能量更靠近费米能级，从而有利于低偏压下的导电性能. 结果有助于理解二芳基乙烯分子及其衍生物分子的低偏压电导机制，也为设计更高性能的同类分子开关提供理论依据.     

电场对分子线电荷密度的影响

本文以分子2-氨基5-硝基-1,4-二乙炔基-4'-苯硫醇基苯为研究对象,该分子通过硫氢官能团化学吸附于两金表面构成一分子线.从第一性原理出发利用密度泛函理论优化了该分子体系的几何结构,计算了分子线的电子结构.外加电场将影响分子的电子结构,从而进一步影响电子在分子线内的输运,本文主要对不同电场下分子线的电荷密度分布进行了讨论与计算.该工作将有利于未来分子电子学器件的设计.     

分子和金表面相互作用的第一性原理研究

硫氢官能团可以很强地吸附于金表面上,从而可作为连接体用于纳米电子学中的分子器件.从第一性原理出发利用密度泛函理论研究了4,4′二巯基联苯分子和金表面的相互作用,并利用了前线轨道理论和微扰理论定量地确定了该相互作用能常数.计算结果表明,当含有硫氢官能团的有机分子化学吸附于金表面时,硫原子将与金原子形成以共价键为主的混和键,此时一些分子轨道扩展于金原子和有机分子中,这些轨道为分子结中电子的输运提供了通道,从而可使分子线的电导呈现出欧姆特性.而其他分子轨道具有局域性,此时电子的输运只能通过隧道效应来实现. 关键词： 化学吸附 分子线 分子电子学     

分子构型对分子器件伏-安特性的影响

本文以4，4’-二巯基联苯分子为研究对象，利用从头计算方法和弹性散射格林函数理论，研究了苯环之间的不同位置取向对分子的电子结构以度该分子结的伏安特性的影响．计算结果表明苯环扭转角不同会改变分子的电子结构。扭转角的增大会导致分子轨道的扩展性变差，从而使体系的导电性能降低．     

含有AlGaAs插入层的InAs/GaAs三色量子点红外探测器

本文报道了采用分子束外延技术制备的三色InAs/GaAs量子点红外探测器. 器件采用nin型结构, 吸收区结构是在InGaAs量子阱中生长含有AlGaAs插入层的InAs量子点, 器件在77 K下的红外光电流谱有三个峰值: 6.3, 10.2和11 μm. 文中分析了它们的跃迁机制, 并且分别进行了指认. 因为有源区采用了不对称结构, 所以器件在外加偏压正负方向不同时, 光电流谱峰值的强度存在一些差异. 不论在正偏压或者负偏压下, 当偏压达到较高值, 再进一步增大偏压时, 都出现了对应于连续态的跃迁峰强度明显下降的现象, 这是由量子点基态与阱外连续态的波函数交叠随着偏压进一步增大而迅速减小导致的.     

Rectification effects in coherent transport through single molecules

A minimal model for coherent transport through a donor/acceptor molecular junction is presented. The two donor and acceptor sites are described by single levels energetically separated by an intramolecular tunnel barrier. In the limit of strong coupling to the electrodes a current rectification for different bias voltage polarities occurs. Contacts with recent experiments of molecular rectification are also given.     

Bias-induced reconstruction of hybrid interface states in magnetic molecular junctions

Based on first-principles calculations, the bias-induced evolutions of hybrid interface states in π-conjugated tricene and in insulating octane magnetic molecular junctions are investigated. Obvious bias-induced splitting and energy shift of the spin-resolved hybrid interface states are observed in the two junctions. The recombination of the shifted hybrid interface states from different interfaces makes the spin polarization around the Fermi energy strongly bias-dependent. The transport calculations demonstrate that in the π -conjugated tricene junction, the bias-dependent hybrid interface states work efficiently for large current, current spin polarization, and distinct tunneling magnetoresistance. But in the insulating octane junction, the spin-dependent transport via the hybrid interface states is inhibited, which is only slightly disturbed by the bias. This work reveals the phenomenon of bias-induced reconstruction of hybrid interface states in molecular spinterface devices, and the underlying role of conjugated molecular orbitals in the transport ability of hybrid interface states.     

Electrostatic spin crossover in a molecular junction of a single-molecule magnet Fe{2}

Spin crossover by means of an electric bias is investigated by spin-polarized density-functional theory calculations combined with the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green's technique in a molecular junction, where an individual single-molecule magnet Fe{2}(acpybutO)(O{2}CMe)(NCS){2} is sandwiched between two infinite Au(100) nanoelectrodes. Our study demonstrates that the spin crossover, based on the Stark effect, is achieved in this molecular junction under an electric bias but not in the isolated molecule under external electric fields. The main reason is that the polarizability of the molecular junction has an opposite sign to that of the isolated molecule, and thus from the Stark effect the condition for the spin crossover in the molecular junction is contrary to that in the isolated molecule.     

Ab initio calculation of transport properties in 1,3-diphenylpropynylidene based molecular device

Using an ab initio method based on non-equilibrium Green’s functions (NEGF) combined with density functional theory (DFT), a calculation of the transport properties of a single molecular junction based on 1,3-diphenylpropynylidene (PhC₃Ph) ‘radical-π-radical’ is performed. The obvious negative differential resistance (NDR), spin current polarisation (SCP) and dual-spin current rectification (SCR) effects in this device are obtained. The total current for magnetic parallel configuration (PC) is larger at first and then less than that for magnetic antiparallel configuration (APC) as the bias increases, which suggests the abnormal magnetoresistance (MR) effect and can be used as a molecular switch with two working voltages. The evolution of the spin-polarised transmission spectrums and the frontier molecular orbitals (MOs) with applied bias is used to explain the above interesting results. Our calculations may be helpful for designing multifunctional molecular spintronics devices in the future.     

Smallest fullerene-like clusters in two-probe device junctions: first principle study

First principle calculations based on density functional theory are realised to investigate the electron transport of the smallest fullerene-like clusters as two-probe junction devices. The junction devices are constructed by mechanically controlled break junction techniques to ensure the maximum stability of the Be₂₀, B₂₀ and N₂₀ cluster molecular junctions. We investigate the density of states, transmission spectrum, molecular orbitals, current and differential conductance characteristics at discrete bias voltages to gain insight about the various transport phenomena occurring in these nano-junctions. The results show that B₂₀ molecule when stringed to gold electrodes works as an ideal nano-device similar to the pure C₂₀ device and is more symmetric in its characteristic nature. However, in N₂₀ molecular device, the conduction is negligible due to the higher atomic interactions within N₂₀ molecule, despite the fact that it is constructed with penta-valent atoms.     

Tunneling through two single molecular magnets in series arrangement junction in parallel/antiparallel situations

We investigate the spin-dependent tunneling transport in a heterostructure with two single molecular magnets (SMMs). The tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) and negative differential conductance due to the strong resonant tunneling in the junction are demonstrated by the master equation approach. At low bias voltage, the device presents low/high resistant states with the initial states of the single molecular magnets parallel/antiparallel. Strong Coulomb repulsive interaction suppresses the current greatly in antiparallel situation. At high voltage, the middle system containing two SMMs tends to be non-polarized, and acts like ordinary quantum dots.     

Heat dissipation in two-terminal Benzene junction

We investigate the heat dissipation mechanism in the Benzene molecular junctions. Using the tight-binding model and the generalised Green’s function formalism, heat dissipation in the electrodes is studied numerically. Results reveal a strong dependence of heat dissipation on the transmission characteristics and the bill polarity. For a pure Benzene molecular junctions, regardless the electrodes positions, namely meta, ortho and para configurations, heat dissipates in a symmetric fashion at both electrodes and does not rely on the bias polarity. This feature is a consequence of a symmetric transmission function over the energy spectrum of incoming electrons. Introducing a single impurity on the Benzene molecule, we force the model to lose its particle-hole symmetry and a drastic change occurs in the heat dissipation of the junction.     

Manipulating the spin states in a double molecular magnets tunneling junction

We theoretically explore the spin transport through nano-structures consisting of two serially coupled single-molecular magnets (SMM) sandwiched between two nonmagnetic electrodes. We find that the magnetization of SMM can be controlled by the spin transfer torque with respect to the bias voltage direction, and the electron current can be switched on/off in different magnetic structures. Such a manipulation is performed by full electrical manner, and needs neither external magnetic field nor ferromagnetic electrodes in the tunneling junction. The proposal device scheme can be realized with the use of the present technology [6] and has potential applications in molecular spintronics or quantum information processing.