Temperature effect in the conductance of hydrogen molecule
Abstract
We present a many-body calculation for the conductance of a conducting bridge of a simple hydrogen molecule between Pt electrodes. The experimental results showed that the conductance G=dI/dV has the maximum value near the quantum unit G0=2e2/h. The I- V dependence presents peak and dip and we consider that the electron-phonon interaction is responsible for this behavior. At T=0 there is a step in this dependence for the energy of phonons ω0 which satisfies eV=ω0. We calculated the conductance at finite temperature and showed that dG(T)/dV∝1/4T cosh2 (eV-ω0)/2T.
- Publication:
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Physica E Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
- Pub Date:
- October 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physe.2008.06.027
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0810.3120
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhyE...41..130C
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 3 pages