Inelastic effects in electronic currents at the nanometer scale
This thesis deals with inelastic effects in electronic currents. We developed a time-dependent technique and show that this approach gives rich insight into electron-phonon coupling during transport. We compare our results with a time-independent technique and analyse the validity of our model. Fina...
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Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III
2008
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| Online Access: | http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00469906 http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/46/99/06/PDF/these.pdf http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/46/99/06/PDF/Summary.pdf |
| Summary: | This thesis deals with inelastic effects in electronic currents. We developed a time-dependent technique and show that this approach gives rich insight into electron-phonon coupling during transport. We compare our results with a time-independent technique and analyse the validity of our model. Finally, the results of a quantum chemistry calculation are presented in the framework of scanning tunneling miscroscopy (STM). We study the chemisorption of a tetrathiafulvalene molecule on a gold surface by performing the calculation of the charge transfer, the induced dipole, and the STM images using the density functional theory. |
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