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.     

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.     

Li掺杂ZnO的电子结构与电性能的研究

采用密度泛函理论平面波超软赝势方法研究了p型Li掺杂的纤锌矿结构ZnO的能带结构、态密度和电荷分布,并分析了Li掺杂ZnO的电输运性能.结果表明,Li掺杂ZnO具有1.6eV的直接带隙,且为p型半导体,体系费米能级附近的态密度大大提高,在导带和价带中都出现了由Li电子能级形成的能带,其费米能级附近的能带主要由Li的s态、Zn的p态、Zn的d态和O的p态电子构成,且他们之间存在着强相互作用.电输运参数和电输运性能分析结果表明,Li掺杂的ZnO氧化物价带和导带中的载流子有效质量均较大;其载流子输运主要由Li的s态、Zn的p态和O的p态电子完成;Li掺杂有望改善ZnO的电输运性能.     

Mg、Zn掺杂AlN电子结构的第一性原理计算

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法, 对Mg、Zn 掺杂AlN 的32 原子超原胞体系进行了几何结构优化, 从理论上给出了掺杂和非掺杂体系的晶体结构参数, 对纤锌矿结构AlN 晶体及AlN:Mg、AlN: Zn 的结构、能带、结合能、电子态密度、集居数、差分电荷分布进行计算和分析. 计算结果表明, AlN:Mg、AlN: Zn 都能提供很多的空穴态, 形成p 型电导, 并且Mg是较Zn 更好的p型掺杂剂.     

O掺杂MgF2电子结构和光学性质的第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法,计算了O原子不同比例(12.5％,8.33％和6.25％)掺杂MgF2晶体的几何结构、电子结构和光学性质.通过对比发现,由于O原子的掺入,体系的禁带宽度减小,材料呈现半金属性.计算也表明,O掺杂对静态介电常数和光吸收系数有重要调制作用,同时也给出了体系性质变化的...     

Li和Al掺杂的MgO(001)表面负载W_3O_9团簇的构型与电子结构

采用基于第一性原理的分子动力学和量子力学相结合的方法,对W3O9团簇在经Li和Al原子掺杂的MgO(001)表面的负载构型、稳定性以及体系的电子结构进行了系统研究.结果表明,当掺杂发生在表层时,杂质原子的类型对W3O9团簇的负载构型有显著影响.对于缺电子的Li掺杂,负载后W3O9团簇环状构型并不稳定,转化为链状结构;而Al原子的掺杂则使得MgO(001)表面电子富余,此时W3O9团簇存在平躺和垂直两种吸附方式,二者能量稳定性相近,其中前者存在同时与三个W原子成键的帽氧结构.当掺杂发生在次表层时,两种掺杂体系W3O9的负载构型相似,团簇仍保持环状结构并倾向于采用垂直方式沉积在表面上.与Li掺杂体系相比,富电子的Al掺杂可显著增强W3O9与MgO(001)表面之间的结合能力,负载后有较多电子从表面转移到团簇中特定的W原子上,这将对W3O9团簇的催化性能产生显著影响.     

第一性原理计算钛酸铅A位掺杂对其负热膨胀性的影响

近年来,实验发现钛酸铅基材料具有负热膨胀性,且其热膨胀程度会受到掺杂元素的影响.目前所研究的A位掺杂体系中,仅Cd原子掺杂能使钛酸铅负热膨胀性增强.所以研究A位掺杂钛酸铅,比较Cd原子与其他原子在掺杂钛酸铅时化学键的异同,有助于深刻理解钛酸铅负热膨胀的本质.本文利用第一性原理,分别优化了Sr、Ba、Cd掺杂钛酸铅的晶格常数,计算了它们的态密度和电荷密度.结果表明Cd―O键的共价性强于Pb―O键,而Ba―O键和Sr―O键几乎呈离子性,Ba/Sr对Pb的替代削弱了化合物的共价性,降低了自发极化强度.与实验测量的热膨胀系数对比可以发现,A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性增强,化合物负热膨胀程度升高;若A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性削弱,负热膨胀程度降低.可见A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性影响了钛酸铅基化合物负热膨胀性.     

第一性原理计算钛酸铅A位掺杂对其负热膨胀性的影响

近年来,实验发现钛酸铅基材料具有负热膨胀性,且其热膨胀程度会受到掺杂元素的影响. 目前所研究的A位掺杂体系中,仅Cd原子掺杂能使钛酸铅负热膨胀性增强. 所以研究A位掺杂钛酸铅,比较Cd原子与其他原子在掺杂钛酸铅时化学键的异同,有助于深刻理解钛酸铅负热膨胀的本质. 本文利用第一性原理,分别优化了Sr、Ba、Cd掺杂钛酸铅的晶格常数,计算了它们的态密度和电荷密度. 结果表明Cd―O键的共价性强于Pb―O键,而Ba―O键和Sr―O键几乎呈离子性,Ba/Sr对Pb的替代削弱了化合物的共价性,降低了自发极化强度. 与实验测量的热膨胀系数对比可以发现,A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性增强,化合物负热膨胀程度升高;若A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性削弱,负热膨胀程度降低. 可见A位原子与氧原子之间的共价性影响了钛酸铅基化合物负热膨胀性.     

聚硅烷传输性质的理论研究

近年来,聚硅烷导电高分子材料受到广泛重视,主要由于硅是公知的半导体,在电子工业上应用极广泛,另外硅是地球上贮量最丰富的元素,在寻找非碳功能材料时,聚硅烷自然是首选.聚硅烷的主链形成σ电子离域,通过掺杂能使这类材料的电导率在较宽的范围内变化,从而赋予他们非常独特的光化学和光物理性质,可用作导体与半导体、光导体材料、以及非线性光学材料、光致抗蚀剂、电致发光装置中的发光二级管等,有可能成为方兴未艾的信息技术所必需的集成电子器件或集成光子器件中的关键材料之一.同π共轭体系相类似,聚硅烷体系也只有在掺杂引入载流子的情况下才能导电.相比之下,对依赖于σ共轭体系的导电机理研究很少.国际上关于这类高分子的理论研究还处在刚刚起步阶段,只有少部分的理论工作是关于未掺杂聚硅烷体系的基态几何和能带结构的分析,大多集中在σ电子离域的验证上.而对于掺杂聚硅烷的理论工作更是少见报道,仅有少量的关于掺杂对聚硅烷寡聚体极子的几何结构和激发能影响的理论工作.有关掺杂后聚硅烷的电子输运性能研究国内外更是未见文献报道,因此开展这方面的理论研究工作是很必要的.本文运用密度泛函理论并结合非平衡格林函数方法,用ATK软件和Gaussian 03软件分别对未掺杂、电荷掺杂(Si12+)、B原子和P原子掺杂(Si5Bsi6和Si5PSi6)的四种聚硅烷寡聚体进行了传输性质的比较性理论研究.首先,为了更真实的模拟电场情况下的电子的性质,本文应用Gaussian程序在6-31+G(d)基组和BHHLYP泛函下,分别在电场0.0,0.68×108,1.36×108,2.03×108,2.71×108,3.38×108和4.06×108V·m-1下对四种聚硅烷进行了几何结构优化,在优化的几何构型和相同的计算方法基础上进行了TDDFT激发态光谱的计算和自然键轨道NBO的计算.然后对优化后的聚硅烷在ATK程序下用Au(111)-(3×3)电极分别计算了偏压为0.0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0和1.2V下的电子输运性质.计算结果表明,电荷掺杂的聚硅烷Si12+和杂原子掺杂的聚硅烷(Si5BSi6和Si5PSi6)的传输性质有着明显的差异,得到了与实验相一致的结论.即电荷掺杂的聚硅烷由于电子传输通道被破坏,所以它的导电性很差,而Si5BSi6和Si5PSi6则表现出了很好的导电性能,并且杂原子掺杂的聚硅烷还表现出了NDR效应.我们通过传输谱图、MPSH图、激发态图谱、能带和共轭效应对上述现象进行了详细讨论.由此可见,B原子和P原子掺杂的聚硅烷可以作为电子器件的优良材料.     

LiBH4-X（X=O,F和Cl）体系解氢性能的第一原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一原理方法,计算了LiBH4-X(X=O,F和Cl)体系的晶体与电子结构及解氢性能.生成热和H原子解离能的计算结果表明:O原子掺杂优先占据LiBH4间隙位,F置换氢原子位,而Cl则取代BH4单元;O,F和Cl掺杂的LiBH4体系结构稳定性发生变化,其中O提高体系解氢效果明显,而F和Cl掺杂受H原子区域环境的影响.态密度、Mulliken电子占据数和电子密度的分析结果表明:B—H之间较强的共价键是LiBH4结构稳定、解氢困难的电子结构根源,O,F和Cl对LiBH4解氢能力影响主要是掺杂改变了H的s态与B的sp态的杂化特性、以及BH4单元与Li的成键作用.     

Negative differential resistance in oxidized zigzag graphene nanoribbons

A theoretical study of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with an epoxy-pair chain (ZGO) is performed. The electronic transport properties are mainly evaluated by non-equilibrium Green's functions using the TRANSIESTA package. The results indicate that the graphene oxide can have a negative differential resistance (NDR) phenomenon, supported by bias-dependent transmission curves of different spin orientations. Applying non-zero bias voltages makes the density of states (DOS) of the right electrodes shift down. Due to an energy gap between the LUMO and LUMO+1 in ZGOs, with a certain bias, the conduction band of the right electrode cannot match the LUMO of the scattering region, then NDR occurs. With a larger bias, NDR ends when the second conduction band of the right electrode's DOS covers the LUMO of the scattering region. Since most of proposed ZGO systems possess such a gap between the LUMO and LUMO+1, NDR can be widely observed and this discovery may provide great potential applications in NDR-based nanoelectronics by using modified graphene materials.     

Macroscopically uniform nanoperiod alloy multilayers formed by coupling of electrodeposition with current oscillations

The electrodeposition from an acidic solution containing Cu(2+), Sn(2+), and a cationic surfactant gave a negative differential resistance (NDR) and a current oscillation in a narrow potential region of about 20 mV lying slightly more negative than the onset potential for Sn-Cu alloy deposition. Scanning Auger microscopic inspection has indicated that alloy films deposited during the oscillation have a clear alternate multilayer structure composed of two alloy layers of different compositions. The multilayer had the period of thickness of 40-90 nm and was uniform over a macroscopically wide area of about 1 mm x 1 mm. Detailed investigations have revealed that the NDR arises from adsorption of a cationic surfactant (acting as an inhibitor for diffusion of metal ions) on the alloy surface, and the oscillation comes from coupling of the NDR with the ohmic drop in the electrolyte.     

Observation of negative differential resistance in diketopyrrolopyrrole-based copolymer films

Remarkable and repeatable negative differential resistance (NDR) phenomenon was observed in a metal-polymer-metal structure diode based on bishexyloxy-divinyl-benzene-alt-diketopyrrolopyrrole (C6DPPPPV),a type of donor-acceptor (D-A) conjugated copolymer.Thickness dependence of the devices implied that the observed NDR characteristics were bulk-controlled.The device performance was considered to depend on the slow trapping and releasing processes related to the local deep states,which was enhanced by the gr...     

Switching in molecular transport junctions: polarization response

We discuss several proposed explanations for the switching and negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior seen in some molecular junctions. Several theoretical models are discussed, and we present results of electronic structure calculations on a series of substituted oligo(phenylene ethynylene) molecules. It is shown that a previously proposed polaron model is successful in predicting NDR behavior, and the model is elaborated with image charge effects and parameters from electronic structure calculations. This model now incorporates substituent effects and includes the effects of conformational change, charging, and image charge stabilization.     

Negative differential resistance in phenylene ethynylene oligomers

The origin of the sharp peak profile (i.e., negative differential resistance, NDR) observed in the I/V curves of three-ring phenylene ethynylene oligomers is a topic of major current interest. Here, quantum-chemical calculations are performed to analyze the evolution of the one-electron structure of an unsubstituted three-ring oligomer under the influence of a static electric field (which models the driving voltage applied in the experiments). The results indicate that the rotation of the central ring of the oligomer induces resonant tunneling processes over a limited voltage range. This can thus be responsible for the NDR signature observed experimentally.     

Initial growth of lutetium(III) bis-phthalocyanine on Ag(111) surface

The adsorption of lutetium(III) bis-phthalocyanine (LuPc(2)) on Ag(111) was investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). A comprehensive study was carried out toward understanding the driving mechanism responsible for the formation of the first and second monolayers (MLs). In both MLs, the adsorbed molecules are found to exhibit different in-plane orientations arranged according to a "chess-board" like pattern. Highly resolved STM images allowed an exact determination of the corresponding angle mismatch, which differs for the first and second MLs. The tunneling transport through individual molecules reveals a negative differential resistance (NDR) effect detectable within the current-voltage curves. The corresponding density of states (DOS) representation is consistent with a resonant tunneling mechanism sustained by the valence band (VB) states close to the Fermi energy (E(F)) recorded via highly resolved ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS).     

Optical and electronic properties of polyaniline sulfonic acid-ribonucleic acid-gold nanobiocomposites

Finely fibrillar polyaniline sulfonic acid (PSA)/ribonucleic acid (RNA) hybrids are developed by wrapping PSA with RNA from a mixture of aqueous PSA (P) and RNA (R) solutions of different compositions. FTIR spectra suggest H-bonding and π-π interactions in the hybrids and dedoping of self doped PSA during hybrid formation. UV-vis spectra exhibit a blue shift of the π-band to polaron band transition of PSA from 870 to 581 nm due to dedoping. The PR hybrids show enhanced PL-properties when excited at 540 nm relative to PSA which also exhibits rectification behavior in current (I)-voltage (V) curves. Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) grown on these PR hybrids by the reduction of Au(3+) by PSA show different morphologies with varying composition. FTIR spectra of the nanobiocomposites indicate that Au NPs are stabilized by the co-ordination of the nitrogen atoms of -N=Q=N- bonds of PSA (Q = quinonoid ring). The intensity of the Au plasmon band gradually decreases with time but the PL-intensities of the PAu/PRAu nanocomposites increase with time. The PL-intensity of the nanocomposites is higher than that of PSA and PR hybrids. The DC-conductivity of the PR hybrids increases by an order of magnitude on addition of Au NPs. I-V curves of the nanobiocomposites show negative differential resistance (NDR) in PSA rich systems with a stable NDR ratio of 7 in the PRAu21 and PRAu11 hybrids. Possible reasons from the accumulation of charges on the Au NPs and its stabilization through the π-clouds of RNA bases are discussed. The PRAu11 system also exhibits rectification properties with a rectification ratio of 14.     

Changes of coupling between the electrodes and the molecule under external bias bring negative differential resistance

We report a first-principles study of electrical transport and negative differential resistance (NDR) in a single molecular conductor consisting of a borazine ring sandwiched between two Au(100) electrodes with a finite cross section. The projected density of states (PDOS) and transmission coefficients under various external voltage biases are analyzed, and it suggests that the variation of the coupling between the molecule and the electrodes with external bias leads to NDR. Therefore, we propose that one origin of NDR in molecular devices is caused by the characteristics of both the molecule and the electrodes as well as their cooperation, not necessarily only by the inherent properties of certain species of molecules themselves. The changes of charge state of the molecule have minor effects on NDR in this device because the Mulliken population analysis shows that electron occupation variation on the molecule is very small when different external biases are applied.     

Negative differential resistance and hysteresis through an organometallic molecule from molecular-level crossing

Analogous to a quantum double-dot system, diblock structured molecules could also show negative differential resistance (NDR). Using combined density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green function technique, we show that molecular-level crossing in a molecular double-dot system containing cobaltocene and ferrocene leads to NDR and hysteresis.     

Preparation and Characterization of Bhant Leaves‐derived Nitrogen‐doped Carbon and its Use as an Electrocatalyst for Detecting Ketoconazole

In this study, the electrocatalytic characteristics of nitrogen‐doped carbon (NDC) prepared from Clerodendrum Infortunatum L leaves on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface was evaluated with regards to its ability to detect the electroactive drug ketoconazole (KCZ). The NDC was prepared by carrying out a simple pyrolysis of dry powder of the leaves at 850 °C. The prepared NDC was characterized using field‐emission scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Brunauer‐Emmett‐Teller analysis, and was then used as an electrode material. The performance of the electrochemical KCZ sensor with the NDC‐modified glassy carbon electrode (NDC/GCE) was found to be optimal when using PBS buffer at pH 3 and a concentration of 0.1 mg/ml of NDC in the conjugate with Nafion polymer. Under these conditions, the NDC/GCE displayed a KCZ detection limit of 3 μM and a linear dependence of its response on KCZ concentration over a wide range of KCZ concentrations from 47 μM to 752 μM (R²=0.9742). These results confirmed the potential of NDC as an electrocatalyst.