Multi-terminal electron transport through single molecules
Abstract
A comprehensive theory of multi-terminal electron transport through single molecules is presented. The molecule is modeled with an extended Hubbard Hamiltonian, including capacitive coupling and electron tunneling to several macroscopic metallic contacts. The model is solved in the self-consistent Hartree-Fock approximation using the non-equilibrium (Keldysh) Green function approach. The effects of one or more ideal local voltage probes are investigated for several molecular configurations. This work was supported in part by NSF grants PHY-0210750 and DMR-0312028 and the NSF Science and Technology Center for Organic Materials at the University of Arizona.
- Publication:
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APS March Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004APS..MARU30005C