Spin-dependent electron transport along a molecular wire in a metal (probe)-vacuum-molecule-metal system: The effect of the size and the shape of the probe tip
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
We present the results of a first-principles quantum mechanical study of spin-dependent electron transport along a molecular wire investigating the effects of the size and the shape of the probe tip on the tunneling current. A periodic, gradient-corrected density functional method together with Bardeen, Tersoff and Hamann formalism is employed in this study. The electron tunneling through a self-assembled monolayer of benzene 1,4-dithiol on the Ni(111) substrate is found to be strongly dependent on both shape and size of the probe tip. ©2005 IEEE.
Publication Title
2005 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Recommended Citation
He, H.,
Pati, R.,
Pandey, R.,
&
Karna, S.
(2005).
Spin-dependent electron transport along a molecular wire in a metal (probe)-vacuum-molecule-metal system: The effect of the size and the shape of the probe tip.
2005 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology,
2, 815-818.
http://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2005.1500657
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