以石墨烯为电极的有机噻吩分子整流器的设计及电输运特性研究

传统硅基半导体器件受到了量子尺寸效应的限制,发展分子电子学器件有可能解决这一难题.本文提出了由石墨烯电极和有机噻吩分子相结合构造分子器件的思想,建构了"石墨烯-噻吩分子-石墨烯"结构的分子器件,并运用非平衡态格林函数结合密度泛函理论的方法研究了其电输运特性.系统地分析了电子给体"氨基"和电子受体"硝基"两种取代基的位置对有机噻吩分子电输运的影响.计算表明,有机噻吩二聚物被"氨基"和"硝基"取代后会产生明显的负微分电阻效应和整流效应.进一步对产生这些效应的物理机制进行分析,发现氨基的位置可以调整负微分电阻的强弱,硝基的位置可以改变整流的方向.     

共轭低聚物中光生分子间电荷转移态的第一性原理研究（英文）

本文用密度泛函理论研究了一种给体-受体型低聚物(2,6-二(4-甲基-1-苯并噻二唑基)-4,4-二(2-乙基己基)-二噻吩并环戊二烯)中电荷转移态的光产生机制.研究表明,当CPDTBT单体的BT基团(苯并噻二唑)偏离共轭平面大于20°时,CPDTBT二聚体在光照时可以有效地产生分子间电荷转移态.计算表明,530 nm波长的光激发只能产生分子内的电荷转移态,而370 nm短波长的光激发才能产生分子间的电荷转移态,这和实验结果是比较一致的.本文还讨论了CPDTBT低聚物中光生电荷的分离机制.     

含芴酮的低聚物的激发态特征研究

采用量子化学计算方法和跃迁密度及电荷差分密度分析方法对含芴酮的低聚物激发态性质进行理论研究。计算得到的跃迁能和振子强度与实验数据一致。跃迁密度分析显示跃迁偶极矩的大小和方向,电荷差分密度分析揭示了分子间电荷转移的方向和结果。研究表明含芴酮的低聚物在光诱导下产生的第一激发态为分子内电荷转移激发态,而第五激发态为局域激发态。跃迁密度矩阵分析和电荷差分密度的理论分析结果易于理解含芴酮低聚物的激发态特性。     

含芴酮的低聚物的激发态特征研究

采用量子化学计算方法和跃迁密度及电荷差分密度分析方法对含芴酮的低聚物激发态性质进行理论研究。计算得到的跃迁能和振子强度与实验数据一致。跃迁密度分析显示跃迁偶极矩的大小和方向,电荷差分密度分析揭示了分子间电荷转移的方向和结果。研究表明含芴酮的低聚物在光诱导下产生的第一激发态为分子内电荷转移激发态,而第五激发态为局域激发态。跃迁密度矩阵分析和电荷差分密度的理论分析结果易于理解含芴酮低聚物的激发态特性。     

苯胺及掺杂态苯胺低聚物结构的密度泛函理论研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的计算方法,研究了苯胺低聚物及盐酸、对甲苯磺酸掺杂苯胺低聚物的几何结构和电子结构.结果表明,质子酸掺杂使苯胺低聚物分子链上醌环中C-C单、双键交替的性质被削弱,同时链间C=N键长明显增大.掺杂位上链间C-N-C键角增大,相邻环间的扭转角减小,分子链的共面性有所改善.与盐酸掺杂对比,对甲苯磺酸掺杂更利于电子从环内向链间转移,理论上可更好地改善聚苯胺材料的导电性能.     

1,4-丁二硫醇分子器件电输运性质的力敏特性研究

基于杂化密度泛函理论,研究了1,4-丁二硫醇分子体系的结构随电极作用力的变化及拉断过程;并利用弹性散射格林函数方法进一步计算了不同电极作用力下分子体系的电输运特性.结果显示,界面结构不同,拉断分子体系所用的拉力也不同:分子末端硫原子处于Au(111)面的空位上方时,拉断分子体系需约1.75 nN的拉力;若金电极表面存在孤立金原子与1,4-丁二硫醇分子末端的硫原子相连,拉断分子体系只需约1.0 nN的力,且伴有孤立金原子被拉出.两种情况分别与不同实验测量相符合.分子在压缩过程中发生扭曲并引起表面金原子滑移,然而压缩扭曲过程与拉伸回复过程不可逆.电极拉力约为0.7—0.8 nN时,分子体系在不同界面构型下以及在不同扭转状态下,电导都出现极小值,这与实验结论一致.分子的末端原子与电极间耦合强度随电极作用力的变化是引起分子体系电导变化的主要因素.实验在0.8 nN附近同时测得较小概率的高电导值与双分子导电有关.     

二噻吩硼烷异构体分子结构测定的第一性原理研究

本文在第一性原理计算基础上结合非平衡格林函数方法,研究了量子干涉效应对连接镍电极的二噻吩硼烷(dithienoborepin,DTB)分子结自旋输运性质的影响,并通过氨基和硝基钝化实现了对二噻吩硼烷分子异构体(DTB-A和DTB-B)的区分.结果表明,原始的DTB-A和DTB-B分子结在费米能级两侧都有一个自旋向上透射峰和一个自旋向下透射峰,且两个透射峰的能量位置和高度基本相同.因此,原始DTB-A和DTB-B分子结的自旋向上和自旋向下电流曲线基本重合,不能被明显区分.然而,研究发现量子干涉效应能不同程度地增强氨基钝化DTB-A分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力,并减弱氨基钝化DTB-B分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力.此外,研究还发现量子干涉效应可以显著提高硝基钝化DTB-B分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力,同时减弱硝基钝化DTB-A分子结费米能级两侧分子轨道的自旋极化输运能力.由于量子干涉效应对氨基和硝基钝化的DTB异构体分子结自旋输运能力有不同的调制作用,因此可以通过测量氨基和硝基钝化分子结的自旋电流值来区分DTB分子的两种异构体.     

电极距离对分子器件电输运特性的影响

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，研究了两个电极之间的距离对分子几何结构和电子结构以及该分子结电输运性质的影响. 计算结果表明，电极距离的不同会改变分子的几何结构和电子结构，从而影响分子体系的电输运特性. 扩展分子的平衡状态不是电子输运的最佳状态，适当调整两个电极之间距离可以改善分子的电输运特性. 关键词： 电极距离 伏 安特性 分子电子学     

电化学合成聚噻吩薄膜提高光伏电池的开路电压

以铟锡氧化物(ITO)/聚(3,4-亚乙二氧基噻吩)-聚(苯乙烯磺酸)(PEDOT:PSS)为工作电极,采用电化学沉积法,直接在其上形成聚3-己基噻吩(P3HT)薄膜。其紫外可见吸收光谱的峰值约位于410nm处,吸收边延至610nm处,禁带宽度为2.04eV。测得其最高占有分子轨道(HOMO)能级为-5.21eV,而化学合成P3HT的HOMO能级为-5.02eV,这可能源于电化学合成聚噻吩的规整度比化学合成的要高。原子力显微镜AFM形貌结果表明电化学合成的P3HT中噻吩分子排列紧密,循环伏安扫描表明此P3HT薄膜的电化学性质稳定。采用该电化学合成的聚噻吩与富勒烯衍生物[6,6]-苯基-C61-丁酸甲酯(PCBM)复合而成的光伏电池的开路电压高达0.76V,这主要源于电化学合成聚噻吩HOMO能级的降低,因而揭示了提高光伏电池开路电压的新途径。     

电极接触构型对辛烷硫醇分子非弹性电子隧穿谱的影响

本文选取辛烷硫醇分子通过终端S原子化学吸附于一端的Au原子团簇,另一端由碳原子物理吸附于Au原子团簇形成分子结,利用从头计算方法和非弹性散射格林函数理论研究了在三种不同电极接触构型下的该分子的非弹性电子隧穿谱的影响.计算结果表明,电极接触构型对分子体系的非弹性电子隧穿谱有着明显的影响.该工作有利于确定实验中分子电子学器件的电极接触构型.     

Hydration effect on the electronic transport properties of oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecular junctions

A first-principles computational method based on the hybrid density functional theory is developed to simulate the electronic transport properties of oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecular junctions with H₂O molecules accumulated in the vicinity as recently reported by Na {\it et al.} [\wx{Nanotechnology}{18} 424001 (2007)]. The numerical results show that the hydrogen bonds between the oxygen atoms of the oligomeric phenylene ethynylene molecule and H₂O molecules result in the localisation of the molecular orbitals and lead to the lower transition peaks. The H₂O molecular chains accumulated in the vicinity of the molecular junction can not only change the electronic structure of the molecular junctions, but also open additional electronic transport pathways. The obvious influence of H₂O molecules on the electronic structure of the molecular junction and its electronic transport properties is thus demonstrated.     

Evidence of the key role of metal-molecule bonding in metal-molecule-metal transport experiments

The transport properties of two oligothiophene derivatives, that differ only by the chemical group coupling to gold, are compared. It is shown that the role of the coupling group in the transport properties can be decoupled from that of the conjugated body of the molecules and that Se is a better electronic coupling group than S. These results are accounted for semiquantitatively within the frame of the scattering theory of transport, using results from ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy experiments as inputs for the position in energy of the molecular orbitals with respect to the Fermi level of the electrodes.     

Electronic Transport in Molecular Junction Based on C20 Cages

Choosing closed-ended armchair （5, 5） single-wall carbon nanotubes （CCNTs） as electrodes, we investigate the electron transport properties across an all-carbon molecular junction consisting of C20 molecules suspended between two semi-infinite carbon nanotubes. It is shown that the conductances are quite sensitive to the number of C20 molecules between electrodes for both configuration CF1 and double-bonded models： the conductances of C20 dimers are markedly smaller than those of monomers. The physics is that incident electrons easily pass the C20 molecules and are predominantly scattered at the C20-C20 junctions. Moreover, we study the doping effect of such molecular junction by doping nitrogen atoms substitutionally. The bonding property of the molecular junction with configuration CF1 has been analysed by calculating the Mulliken atomic charges. Our results have revealed that the C atoms in N-doped junctions are more ionic than those in pure-carbon ones, leading to the fact that N-doped junctions have relatively large conductance.     

Two Possible Configurations for Silver-C60-Silver Molecular Devices and Their Conductance Characteristics

Coherent electronic transport properties of silver-C60-silver molecular junctions in different configurations are studied using hybrid density function theory. The experimentally measured current flows of （760 molecules adsorbed on the silver surface are well reproduced by theoretical calculations. It is found that the current-voltage characteristics of the molecular junctions depend strongly on the configurations of the junctions. Transmission spectra combined with density of states can help us to understand in depth the transport properties. Different kinds of electrode construction are also discussed. With the help of the calculation, two possible configurations of silver-C60-silver molecular junctions are suggested.     

Controlling spin off state by gas molecules adsorption on metal-phthalocyanine molecular junctions and its possibility of gas sensor

Employing Green's function (GF) technique in combination with spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT), we study the electronic structure and magnetic properties of metal phthalocyanine (MPc) (M?=?Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) with or without four different gas molecules (NO, CO, O₂ and NO₂) adsorbing on the M atom of MPc molecule. The corresponding stable adsorption structural configurations and transport properties of MPc molecular junctions are also investigated. Our results indicate that the magnetic moment of MPc for M?=?Mn, Fe and Co can be modified by the specific gas molecule adsorption, which is mainly ascribed to competitive relation of HOMO-LUMO Gap and Hund's rules. However, for M?=?Ni, Cu and Zn, it is difficult to detect gas molecule because the interaction of M atom and these gases is most of weak van der Waals interaction. Remarkably, the spin of MPc molecule can be switched to a magnetic off-state by specific gas absorption, giving rise to a potential application on controllable spintronic devices. In addition, CO, NO, O₂ and NO₂ gas molecules can be detected selectively by measuring spin filter efficiency of these MPc molecular junctions. On the basis of our results, MPc (M?=?Mn, Fe, Co) molecular junctions can be considered as a promising nanosensor device to detect individual gas molecules.     

Spectroscopic interrogation and charge transport properties of molecular transistors

ABSTRACT

Molecular transistors have been extensively investigated as the building blocks for the ultimate miniaturization of electronic devices. They are assembled from single molecules and molecular monolayers serving as a current-carrying channel in a conventional field-effect transistor configuration, in which gate electrodes have been electrically or electrochemically implemented in several types of test beds such as electromigration junctions, mechanically controllable break junctions, and devices with carbon-based electrodes. The energy level alignments of the component molecules incorporated into the transistor can be tuned using molecular orbital gating and it can ultimately control the flow of charge carriers. Herein, we review recent progress in studying spectroscopic characterization techniques and charge transport properties of molecular transistors.     

光致异构体开关特性的理论研究

利用弹性散射格林函数方法,对4,4-二羧基1,2-二苯乙烯分子的两种异构体与金电极构成的单分子结进行了研究. 研究表明,该类分子是通过末端羧基化学吸附于金表面的,两种分子结电导特性的差异主要是因为分子与电极的相互作用所致. 对每一种分子来说,都存在三种不同的稳定电导值,分别对应着分子末端与金表面的不同接触方式. 分子与金表面的相互作用导致分子结电子结构的变化是其电导差异的主要原因. 理论结果与实验测量结果符合得较好. 关键词： 光致异构体 伏安特性 电子输运 分子电子学     

单硫醇分子结的几何结构和电输运性质:压力效应与末端基团效应

利用杂化密度泛函理论,研究了以甲基、醇基、羧基为末端基团的烷烃硫醇分子与金电极形成分子结的过程,得到了分子结的几何结构与外加压力的关系. 并在此基础上,利用弹性散射格林函数方法研究了烷烃硫醇分子的电输运性质. 研究结果表明,对于C₁₁S分子来说,当两电极距离大于2.1 nm时,该分子结断裂;对于C₁₁SOH和C₁₀SCOOH来说,相应的分子结断裂的电极距离基本相同(2.15 nm). 在相同的外加压力(4.0 nN)下,C_{11关键词： 压力 末端基团 烷烃硫醇分子 电输运性质}     

Initial stage of adsorption of octithiophene molecules on Cu(111)

The initial stage of the adsorption of octithiophene (8T) molecules on a Cu(111) surface is investigated using a scanning tunneling microscope at room temperature. We find a characteristic molecular chain structure of 8T molecules on a terrace of the Cu(111) surface, which has not been reported so far for adsorption of oligothiophene molecules on metal surfaces. Up to the adsorption of 0.26 monolayer (ML), 8T molecules in the molecular chain align with their long axis parallel to the Cu<11-2> direction. With increasing coverage, there appear 8T molecules that align with their long axis parallel to the Cu<110> direction. The appearance of different molecular orientations is understood by the decrease of the number of the adsorption sites for extending the molecular chains. Fragments of 8T molecules, such as single thiophene molecules, are also observed in this work. They are trapped only at the step edges of the Cu(111) surface at the beginning and later trapped in a small Cu(111) region surrounded by 8T molecules.     

Quantum tunneling through aromatic molecular junctions for molecular devices: A review

In this review article, we have outlined major factors which decide the electron transport properties through two probe aromatic molecular junctions using DFT + NEGF framework. We have discussed the nature of central molecule, doping of molecule, geometry of metal-molecule-metal junction, nature of electrode material and electrode orientations that can fluctuate the electrical conductance of aromatic molecular junctions. We investigate our study by considering various aromatic molecules from benzene, naphthalene, anthracene to fullerene and conclude our findings in this state of art review paper. All the concluded results are found to be closely analogous to previous findings.