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Theoretical description of the electrical conduction in atomic and molecular junctions

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J C Cuevas1, J Heurich1, F Pauly1, W Wenzel2 and Gerd Schön1,2

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We present a theoretical analysis of the electronic transport through atomic and molecular junctions. The main goal of this work is to show how the electronic structure of single atoms and molecules controls the macroscopic electrical properties of the circuits in which they are used as building blocks. In particular, we review our work on three basic problems that have received special experimental attention in recent years: (i) the conductance of a single-atom contact, (ii) the conductance of a hydrogen molecule and (iii) the current through single organic molecules.


PACS

85.65.+h Molecular electronic devices

81.07.Nb Molecular nanostructures

Subjects

Electronics and devices

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 8 (August 2003)

Received 27 January 2003, in final form 20 May 2003

Published 9 July 2003



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