不同取向的1,8-辛二硫醇分子的伏安特性研究

以1,8-辛二硫醇分子为研究对象,在第一性原理基础上,利用弹性散射格林函数方法,研究了1,8-辛二硫醇分子在金原子团簇上不同取向对该分子结电输运特性的影响.计算结果表明,分子与金原子团簇表面之间方位角的不同会导致分子结构、电子结构的改变,从而影响分子体系的电输运特性.当1,8-辛二硫醇分子S-S轴线与金(111)面的法线成25°夹角时,所得到的电流-电压曲线与实验值符合较好.     

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.     

分子的位置取向对分子器件电输运特性的影响

以1,4-二硫酚(DTB)分子为研究对象，利用第一性原理计算方法和非平衡格林函数理论，研究了分子的位置取向对分子电子结构以及分子结电输运性质的影响.计算结果表明，分子位置取向的改变会影响分子的电子结构，从而影响分子体系的电输运特性，扩展分子的平衡态不是电子输运的最佳状态，适当调节分子的位置取向可以提高分子的电输运特性. 关键词： 位置取向 电子输运 分子电子学     

4,4’-对苯巯基醚分子器件的几何结构及其电学性质的研究（英文）

从第一性原理出发,用弹性散射格林函数的方法计算了4,4-对苯巯基醚分子器件几何结构的变化对其电子结构及其电学性质的影响.计算结果表明,选择不同的电极间距会引起电子输运峰的高度和分子与电极的耦合程度的变化,同时也对分子电流和电导的开启位置有较小的影响,进而使分子体系的电输运性质表现各异     

C72 富勒烯的电子结构与电子传导研究

本文利用基于密度高泛函理论(DFT)和非平衡格林函数的第一性原理方法对富勒烯C72分子及连接电极构成的C72分子器件进行了电子结构及电子输运性质的研究.计算出了电子透射谱和分子轨道分布,分析了器件的电子结构和输运性质的产生原因. 结果显示C72分子器件的电子传输主要集中在分子壳上. 伏安曲线显示C72分子具有半导体特征.     

电场对分子线电子结构的影响

从第一性原理出发,利用密度泛函理论计算了分子2-氨基-5-硝基-1,4-二乙炔基-4-苯硫醇基苯与金原子团形成的分子线的电子结构,从轨道、能级及吸附电子三个方面讨论了电场对分子线电子结构的影响.该工作将有利于未来纳米电子学器件的设计.     

C50富勒烯分子的电子结构与传输特性研究

本文构建了Au原子面为电极的富勒烯C50分子的电子输运模型, 使用非平衡格林函数方法(Non-equilibrium Green's function, NEGF)对构建的Au电极和C50分子构成的分子器件进行了电子传输性质的计算. 通过计算得出了电子透射谱、电导曲线和电流电压曲线, 分析了产生这个分子器件电子输运性质的原因. 研究计算结果发现：C50分子具有量子器件的开关特性,并具有明显的半导体特征.     

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.     

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.     

(CH3)2和(NH2)2基团修饰的齐聚苯乙炔分子电子输运性质研究

采用密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法研究了S原子作为单、双端基的(CH₃)₂-OPE (齐聚苯乙炔)和(NH₂)₂-OPE分子在金电极间的电子输运性质. 通过第一性原理优化计算获得分子部分稳定结构, 再置于Au电极之间构成两极系统, 然后再优化整个两极系统获得稳定结构. 另外, 通过非平衡格林函数方法计算了两极系统的电子输运性质. 计算结果表明, 不同的修饰基团和桥接方式可以导致两极系统的开关效应、负微分电阻行为和整流行为等不同的电子输运性质. 通过计算不同偏压下的分子体系投影轨道电子分布、透射谱、态密度, 对这些新异的电输运性质出现的机理进行了解释.     

电极位置和截面尺寸对分子器件输运性质的调控

研究表明分子器件的性能受器件结构搭建精度影响,分子与电极接触构型的微弱变化可能引起电输运特性较大差异.本文运用密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法,研究了由金纳米线与benzene-1,4-dithiol（BDT）形成的分子结的电输运性质.通过对不同的Au-BDT接触构型输运性质的研究,发现当两电极处于对位构型时,有较好的电荷输运行为,而且比较符合制备工艺要求;当电极偏离轴线的角度不大于5°,且电极散射截面尺寸不小于4×4时,该分子结体系的电导和透射谱均比较稳定.电极截面尺寸小于4×4或者电极偏离轴线的夹角大于5°时,透射谱在费米能级附近出现不连续现象,导致体系电导降低.较小电极截面尺寸或者电极以较大角度偏离轴线将导致该分子结体系电导降低和透射谱连续性降低,主要是组成电极的金原子轨道与苯基分子轨道耦合缺失造成的.该研究为Au-BDT-Au体系设计和制备过程中电极的位置及电极截面尺寸做了科学的界定.     

苯基分子器件 量子相干输运第一性原理研究

摘要：分子器件在纳米尺度下,电子的相干性将对体系的电导产生重大影响。本文基于第一性原理计算研究了苯分子连接于一维金属电极下的电荷输运性质。发现一维金电极连接下,不同的连接方式（para与meta）体系下的电导将会有显著差别,而一维铂电极连接下,体系的电导差别不大。我们通过计算电极的能带,发现金电极与铂电极在费米面处的散射态数目有差别。 当量子相干效应导致散射态局域化发生改变时,由于铂电极的通道数较多,电子依然可以通过扩展的通道输运,因此不同连接方式下的电导变化不明显。     

Spin-filter effect and spin-polarized optoelectronic properties in annulene-based molecular spintronic devices

Using Fe, Co or Ni chains as electrodes, we designed several annulene-based molecular spintronic devices and investigated the quantum transport properties based on density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function method.Our results show that these devices have outstanding spin-filter capabilities and exhibit giant magnetoresistance effect,and that with Ni chains as electrodes, the device has the best transport properties. Furthermore, we investigated the spinpolarized optoelectronic properties of the device with Ni electrodes and found that the spin-polarized photocurrents can be directly generated by irradiating the device with infrared, visible or ultraviolet light. More importantly, if the magnetization directions of the two electrodes are antiparallel, the photocurrents with different spins are spatially separated, appearing at different electrodes. This phenomenon provides a new way to simultaneously generate two spin currents.     

Conductance of an ensemble of molecular wires: a statistical analysis

We report on a first principles analysis of quantum transport through molecular wires made of 4,4'bipyridine and 6-alkanedithiol contacted by Au electrodes. We investigate how charge transport is altered due to small structure changes at the molecule-electrode contacts. These changes include distance between the molecule and the contact, extra metal atoms at the Au surface, binding sites, molecular orientation, and bias voltages. By investigating hundreds of wires we extract a statistical picture on transport properties of the two different molecules. We compare quantitatively with the corresponding experimental data.     

硼-碳和硼-氮量子点器件的输运特性研究

用第一性原理研究了硼-碳和硼-氮量子点器件的输运特性以及电流电压特性.研究结果表明相同数量原子组成的硼-碳和硼-氮器件其输运特性及电流电压特性有很大差别.硼-碳器件在Fermi能附近有较大的态密度,而硼-氮器件的能级在Fermi能附近有很大的间隙,Fermi能位于间隙中.从电流特性中可以看出,硼-碳器件表现出导体的特性,而硼-氮器件表现出半导体的特性.     

Self-organized growth of quantum dot-tunnel barrier systems

Surface selective epitaxial growth on patterned substrates is used to fabricate quantum dot-tunnel barrier systems, which can be used as single-electron transistor devices. In the centre of a pre-patterned constriction a self-assembled GaAs quantum dot embedded in barrier material is formed during the molecular beam epitaxial growth of an Al_0.33Ga_0.67As/GaAs heterostructure. The quantum dot is connected via self-aligned tunnelling barriers to source and drain electrodes. In-plane-gate electrodes are also realized within the epitaxial growth process. The paper describes the fabrication process of the device and the characterization of the direct grown quantum dot-tunnel barrier system using scanning-electron microscopy, atomic-force microscopy and transport spectroscopy.     

Effect of crystallographic orientations on transport properties of methylthiol-terminated permethyloligosilane molecular junction

The understanding of the influence of electrode characteristics on charge transport is essential in the field of molecular electronics. In this work, we investigate the electronic transport properties of molecular junctions comprising methylthiol-terminated permethyloligosilanes and face-centered crystal Au/Ag electrodes with crystallographic orientations of (111) and (100), based on the ab initio quantum transport simulations. The calculations reveal that the molecular junction conductance is dominated by the electronic coupling between two interfacial metal-S bonding states, which can be tuned by varying the molecular length, metal material of the electrodes, and crystallographic orientation. As the permethyloligosilane backbone elongates, although the σ conjugation increases, the decreasing of coupling induced by the increasing number of central Si atoms reduces the junction conductance. The molecular junction conductance of methylthiol-terminated permethyloligosilanes with Au electrodes is higher than that with Ag electrodes with a crystallographic orientation of (111). However, the conductance trend is reversed when the electrode crystallographic orientation varies from (111) to (100), which can be ascribed to the reversal of interfacial coupling between two metal-S interfacial states. These findings are conducive to elucidating the mechanism of molecular junctions and improving the transport properties of molecular devices by adjusting the electrode characteristics.     

Multiscale simulation of carbon nanotube devices

In recent years, the understanding and accurate simulation of carbon nanotube-based devices has become very challenging. Conventional simulation tools of microelectronics are necessary to envision the performance and use of nanotube transistors and circuits, but the models need to be refined to properly describe the full complexity of such novel type of devices at the nanoscale. Indeed, many issues such as contact resistance, low dimensional electrostatics and screening effects, as well as nanotube doping or functionalization, demand for more accurate quantum approaches. In this article, we review our recent progress on multiscale simulations which aim at bridging first principles calculations with compact modelling, including the comparison between semi-classical Monte Carlo and quantum transport approaches. To cite this article: C. Adessi et al., C. R. Physique 10 (2009).     

Simultaneous collinear and non-collinear parametric generation in 1D single grating periodically poled lithium tantalate

We report a detailed study of multiple wavelengths optical parametric generation in a single grating one-dimensional periodically poled lithium tantalate crystal. Simultaneous collinear and non-collinear generations are observed around the pump collinear direction. Similar spectra are found in continuous spatial positions symmetrical to the collinear direction, with decreasing signal and increasing idler wavelengths, associated with decreasing powers when the far-field angle increases. A phase matching scheme is proposed to describe these interactions. Numerical simulations emphasize the agreement of our phase matching scheme with the experimental results. Single-pass gain and high pump power density are very likely at the origin of the simultaneous collinear and non-collinear QPM interactions.