Large negative differential resistance in a molecular device with asymmetric contact geometries: A first-principles study

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 1518-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai-Juan Xia ◽  
De-Sheng Liu ◽  
Han-Chen Liu ◽  
Xue-Jun Zhai
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Negative Differential Resistance ◽  
Differential Resistance ◽  
Molecular Device ◽  
First Principles Study ◽  
Asymmetric Contact

An Ab Initio Study on Negative Differential Resistance in Pyrrole Trimer Molecular Device

2010 ◽  
Vol 152-153 ◽  
pp. 931-934
Author(s):  
Cai Juan Xia ◽  
Han Chen Liu ◽  
Qiu Ping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Transport ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Negative Differential Resistance ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Differential Resistance ◽  
Resonance Peak ◽  
Molecular Device ◽  
Transmission Resonance ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Theoretical Results

The electronic transport properties of pyrrole trimer sandwiched between two electrodes are investigated by using nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism combined first-principles density functional theory. Theoretical results show that the system manifests negative differential resistance (NDR) behavior. A detailed analysis of the origin of negative differential resistance has been given by observing the shift in transmission resonance peak across the bias window with varying bias voltage.

Negative Differential Resistance Induced by Intermolecular Interaction in Molecular Device

2011 ◽  
Vol 181-182 ◽  
pp. 312-315
Author(s):  
Cai Juan Xia ◽  
Ying Tang Zhang ◽  
Xue Jun Zai
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Transport Properties ◽  
Molecular Complex ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Negative Differential Resistance ◽  
Differential Resistance ◽  
First Principles Calculation ◽  
Molecular Device ◽  
Applied Bias ◽  
Donor Acceptor

Based on nonequilibrium Green’s function and first-principles calculation, we investigate the transport properties of the molecule device with a donor-acceptor molecular complex sandwiched between two electrodes. Numerical results show that a negative differential resistance under applied bias can be observed. The mechanism of negative differential resistance is mainly induced by the orbital match of molecule and electrodes as well as intermolecular charge transfer.

Negative differential resistance in “sulflower”-based molecular junction predicted by first-principles study

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150167
Author(s):  
Ji-Mei Shen ◽  
Jing Liu
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Coulomb Blockade ◽  
Negative Differential Resistance ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Differential Resistance ◽  
Differential Conductance ◽  
First Principles Study ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Current Voltage Characteristics

The electronic transport behavior of a sulflower molecule sandwiched between metal leads by S atom connecting apex Au or Ag atoms was investigated using a first-principles study by current-voltage characteristics, transmission spectrum and local density of states. Negative differential resistance (NDR) effect which originates from Coulomb blockade driven by bias was obtained. We also found that the differential conductance can be modulated by the metal leads with different work functions, which promise the potential applications in molecular devices in the future.

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