Disorder and dephasing effects on electron transport through conjugated molecular wires in molecular junctions

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Beitragende

Abstract

Understanding electron transport processes in molecular wires connected between contacts is a central focus in the field of molecular electronics. Especially, the dephasing effect causing tunneling-to-hopping transition has great importance from both applicational and fundamental points of view. We analyzed coherent and incoherent electron transmission through conjugated molecular wires by means of density-functional tight-binding theory within the D'Amato-Pastawski model. Our approach can study explicitly the structure/transport relationship in molecular junctions in a dephasing environmental condition using only single dephasing parameter. We investigated the length dependence and the influence of thermal fluctuations on transport and reproduced the well-known tunneling-to-hopping transition. This approach will be a powerful tool for the interpretation of recent conductance measurements of molecular wires.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer155327
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review: B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Jahrgang85
Ausgabenummer15
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Apr. 2012
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ArXiv http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0152v1
Scopus 84860494894

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • molecular junctions, electron transport