Influences of the molecule–electrode interface structure on the conducting characteristics of the gold-4,4 bipyridine-gold molecular junction |
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Authors: | Shimin Hou Jing NingZiyong Shen Xingyu ZhaoZengquan Xue |
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Affiliation: | Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Beijing 100871, China |
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Abstract: | Two popular models of the gold-4,4 bipyridine (44BPD)-gold molecular junction, i.e., the direct contact of the 44BPD molecule with the Au(1 1 1) surface and the intermediary contact through one extra gold atom on each side, were studied using density functional theory calculations under periodic boundary conditions. The relative position of the Fermi level is changed by the extra gold atom from well below the LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) of the 44BPD molecule in the direct contact model to within the energy range of the LUMO in the intermediary contact model, indicating that the local structure of the contact can significantly affect the conducting characteristics of the junction. The dependence of the molecule–electrode interaction on the interface structure was also investigated in details. |
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Keywords: | Density functional theory Molecular electronic devices Interface structure |
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