arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
北美退伍军人节(Veterans Day),12 日无更新
arXiv 1201.3487cond-mat.mes-hallquant-ph
收藏

基于四元数的量子化学从头计算方法研究分子中的相干和非相干电子输运

A Quaternion Based Quantum Chemical ab initio Treatment of Coherent and Non-Coherent Electron Transport in Molecules

Augusto C. L. Moreira, Celso P. de Melo

摘要:

我们提出了一个四元数的启发形式主义,专门开发来评估电流的强度,穿过一个连接到两个半无限电极的单分子作为外加偏压是不同的。在密度泛函从头算量子化学水平上充分描述了分子水平的自我调节。使用四元数的方法允许一个集成的治疗相干(弹道)和非相干(共隧穿)的贡献,有效的电荷传输,其中后者涉及相应的分子物种的瞬态带电状态的存在。通过使用二阶微扰理论来计算净电流的表达式,以考虑位于两个不同电极处的状态之间的所有可能的跃迁,所述两个不同电极涉及所谓的“扩展分子”复合物中的中间水平,所述复合物包括附着到两个小金属簇的感兴趣的系统。我们表明,通过适当地选择相关的分子参数,该方法可以扩展到描述共轭和饱和分子中的电子输运,在这种情况下,更容易找到定域轨道.以这种方式,该方法可以应用于所有的耦合制度,不仅弱或强的情况下,而且在中间情况下,其中弹道和共隧穿过程可以共存。

英文摘要:

We present a quaternion inspired formalism specifically developed to evaluate the intensity of the electrical current that traverses a single molecule connected to two semi-infinite electrodes as the applied external bias is varied. The self-adjustment of the molecular levels is fully described at a density functional ab initio quantum chemical level. Use of a quaternion approach allows for an integrated treatment of both coherent (ballistic) and non-coherent (co-tunneling) contributions to the effective charge transport, where the latter involve the existence of transient charged states of the corresponding molecular species. An expression for the net current is calculated by using second-order perturbation theory to take into account all possible transitions between states localized at the two different electrodes that involve intermediary levels in the so-called "extended molecule" complex that comprises the system of interest attached to two small metallic clusters. We show that by a judicious choice of the relevant molecular parameters, the formalism can be extended to describe the electronic transport both in conjugated as in saturated molecules, where localized orbitals are more likely to be found. In this manner, the method can be applied to the full range of coupling regimes, not only to the weak or strong cases, but also in intermediate situations, where ballistic and co-tunneling processes may coexist.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑