Electronic transport in metal-molecular nanoelectronic networks: A density functional theory study

Electronic transport properties of nanoscale networks composed of interconnected molecules/gold nanoclusters are examined via first-principles plane wave scattering density functional theory-based simulations. Au-molecular (benzene/alkanedithiol) junctions and networks, connected in linear chains an...

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Main Authors: Anusha Venkataraman, Po Zhang, Chris Papadopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5087413