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Silicon-based molecular electronics

, 2003
Molecular electronics on silicon has distinct advantages over its metallic counterpart. We describe a theoretical formalism for transport through semiconductor-molecule heterostructures, combining a semi-empirical treatment of the bulk silicon ...
Berkowitz H. L., Büttiker M., Chen C. J., Coulter S. K., Damle P. S., Datta S., Datta S., Emberly E. G., Frisch M. J., Ghosh A. W., Guisinger N., Guisinger N., Hamers R. J., Hofer W. A., Kubatkin S., Liu Q., Lundstrom M., Lyo I-W, Mathews R. H., McEllistrem M., Reed M. A., Sze S. M., Vogl, Wolkow R. A., Zhu X.-Y.   +24 more
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Molecular Heat Engines: Quantum Coherence Effects

Entropy, 2017
Recent developments in nanoscale experimental techniques made it possible to utilize single molecule junctions as devices for electronics and energy transfer with quantum coherence playing an important role in their thermoelectric characteristics ...
Feng Chen, Yi Gao, Michael Galperin
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Recent Advances in the Field of Bionanotechnology: An Insight into Optoelectric Bacteriorhodopsin, Quantum Dots, and Noble Metal Nanoclusters

Sensors, 2014
Molecular sensors and molecular electronics are a major component of a recent research area known as bionanotechnology, which merges biology with nanotechnology.
Christopher Knoblauch, Mark Griep, Craig Friedrich   +2 more
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Switching Quantum Interference in Phenoxyquinone Single Molecule Junction with Light

Nanomaterials, 2020
Quantum interference (QI) can lead to large variations in single molecule conductance. However, controlling QI using external stimuli is challenging. The molecular structure of phenoxyquinone can be tuned reversibly using light stimulus.
Abdalghani Daaoub, Sara Sangtarash, Hatef Sadeghi   +2 more
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Molecular-scale electronics

Comptes Rendus. Physique, 2008
Molecular electronics is envisioned as a promising candidate for the nanoelectronics of the future. More than a possible answer to the ultimate miniaturization problem in nanoelectronics, molecular electronics is foreseen as a possible and reasonable way to assemble a large numbers of nanoscale objects (molecules, nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanowires)
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Intermolecular Effect in Molecular Electronics

, 2004
We investigate the effects of lateral interactions on the conductance of two molecules connected in parallel to semi-infinite leads. The method we use combines a Green function approach to quantum transport with density functional theory for the ...
Baranger, Harold U., Ke, San-Huang, Liu, Rui, Yang, Weitao   +3 more
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High speed e-beam lithography for gold nanoarray fabrication and use in nanotechnology

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2014
E-beam lithography has been used for reliable and versatile fabrication of sub-15 nm single-crystal gold nanoarrays and led to convincing applications in nanotechnology.
Jorge Trasobares, François Vaurette, Marc François, Hans Romijn, Jean-Louis Codron, Dominique Vuillaume, Didier Théron, Nicolas Clément   +7 more
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Stepping Out of Equilibrium: The Quest for Understanding the Role of Non-Equilibrium (Thermo-)Dynamics in Electronic and Electrochemical Processes

Entropy, 2020
This editorial aims to interest researchers and inspire novel research on the topic of non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Monte Carlo for Electronic and Electrochemical Processes.
Waldemar Kaiser, Alessio Gagliardi
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Theoretical Study on the Open-Shell Electronic Structure and Electron Conductivity of [18]Annulene as a Molecular Parallel Circuit Model

Nanomaterials, 2023
Herein, the electron conductivities of [18]annulene and its derivatives are theoretically examined as a molecular parallel circuit model consisting of two linear polyenes. Their electron conductivities are estimated by elastic scattering Green’s function
Naoka Amamizu, Mitsuhiro Nishida, Keisuke Sasaki, Ryohei Kishi, Yasutaka Kitagawa   +4 more
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Accuracy of density functionals for molecular electronics: the Anderson junction

, 2012
The exact ground-state exchange-correlation functional of Kohn-Sham density functional theory yields the exact transmission through an Anderson junction at zero bias and temperature. The exact impurity charge susceptibility is used to construct the exact
A. C. Hewson, Charles A. Stafford, Justin P. Bergfield, Kieron Burke, Zhen-Fei Liu   +4 more
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