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Application of a Non-equilibrium Green's function method to electrical transport through single molecular-assembled metallic nanoparticles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Yongqiang Xue  and
Mark A. Ratner
Yongqiang Xue
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Mark A. Ratner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Abstract

We describe a theory of coulomb blockade of tunneling through molecular-assembled metallic nanoparticles based on the Non-equilibrium Green's function method. We apply the theory to study current transport through a single metallic nanoparticle connected to the leads through two molecular bridges with arbitrary metal-molecule coupling and electron-molecular vibration coupling. We present model calculations of the current-voltage characteristics.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 735: Symposium C – Bioinspired Nanoscale Hybrid Systems , 2002 , C5.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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