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电子开放边界的高效模拟

Efficient simulations with electronic open boundaries

Andrew P. Horsfield, Max Boleininger, Roberto D'Agosta, Vyas Iyer, Aaron Thong, Tchavdar N. Todorov, Catherine White

摘要:

我们提出了一个重新制定的毛探针方法引入电子开边界,是适当的稳态计算涉及非正交原子基组。作为检查的正确性的方法,我们调查了一个完美的原子线的铜原子,和一个完美的非正交链的H原子。对于这两个原子链,我们发现,电导有一个值正好是一个量子单位,这是相当不敏感的探针耦合到系统的强度,提供的耦合值是相同的顺序作为系统的平均级间间距没有探针。对于Cu原子链,我们发现,此外,远离与探针连接的区域,在电线中的电位是均匀的,而在它们内部,它遵循预测的指数变化与位置。然后,我们将该方法应用于石墨烯作为分子电子学接触材料的适用性的初步调查。我们在碳纳米管上进行计算,以确定探针与石墨烯的正确耦合强度,并获得对应于穿过费米表面的两个带的约两个量子单位的电导。然后,我们计算了通过连接到两个石墨烯接触的苯分子的电流,发现由于苯和石墨烯之间的共价键破坏了$π$ -共轭,因此只有非常弱的电流。在所有情况下,我们发现,非常强或弱的探针耦合抑制电流。

英文摘要:

We present a reformulation of the Hairy Probe method for introducing electronic open boundaries that is appropriate for steady state calculations involving non-orthogonal atomic basis sets. As a check on the correctness of the method we investigate a perfect atomic wire of Cu atoms, and a perfect non-orthogonal chain of H atoms. For both atom chains we find that the conductance has a value of exactly one quantum unit, and that this is rather insensitive to the strength of coupling of the probes to the system, provided values of the coupling are of the same order as the mean inter-level spacing of the system without probes. For the Cu atom chain we find in addition that away from the regions with probes attached, the potential in the wire is uniform, while within them it follows a predicted exponential variation with position. We then apply the method to an initial investigation of the suitability of graphene as a contact material for molecular electronics. We perform calculations on a carbon nanoribbon to determine the correct coupling strength of the probes to the graphene, and obtain a conductance of about two quantum units corresponding to two bands crossing the Fermi surface. We then compute the current through a benzene molecule attached to two graphene contacts and find only a very weak current because of the disruption of the $π$-conjugation by the covalent bond between the benzene and the graphene. In all cases we find that very strong or weak probe couplings suppress the current.

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